Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States. The role is based in a US office and may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

Salary: $82,400–$113,300 USD annual base pay in California; level and base salary depend on job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for civil, commercial, defense, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Own new or existing propulsion products and systems as a technical lead through the end-to-end development process.
• Develop conceptual and detailed CAD designs for propulsion components and perform performance calculations and analysis.
• Review and approve drawings, 3D PMI, reports, specifications, flight-part releases, and qualification documentation.
• Plan, instrument, execute, and analyze propulsion and flight-hardware tests.
• Manage schedules, priorities, tasking, project status, technical risks, and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and technicians and contribute to engineering process documentation, training, and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Experience in propulsion system development or another high-performance engineering field.
• US citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• For US office roles, eligibility under US space-technology export regulations is required: US citizenship, lawful US permanent residence, qualifying refugee or asylum status, or eligibility to obtain the required government authorizations.

Nice to have

• Mechanical design experience using NX or equivalent CAD software and PLM software such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar.
• Experience with electrical or chemical storable-propellant systems, propulsion testing, flight hardware troubleshooting, and hands-on integration.
• Experience with design reviews, flight-part release, qualification reports, requirements and verification sets, test plans, test reports, and end-to-end product development.
• Experience using Python for data manipulation, National Instruments data-acquisition systems, and NI testing equipment and software.
• Experience with GD&T, engineering drawings, technical risk assessments, physics-based models, scheduling, and delivery management.
• Master’s or PhD in engineering, demonstrated hands-on engineering skills, curiosity, willingness to learn, and comfort with ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment focused on innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and delivering complex space missions.
• Company stock, a 15% discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Program, and a 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans; HSA contribution; flexible spending and dependent-care accounts; paid vacation, sick time, and 11 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, subsidized EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.