Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Components Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based in a U.S. office.

Base pay range: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global builds rockets, spacecraft, propulsion systems, and other critical space subsystems for civil, commercial, and defense missions.

What you will do

• Own the development of new and existing spacecraft propulsion and fluidic products or systems as a technical lead.
• Create conceptual and detailed CAD designs, performance calculations, and analyses for propulsion components.
• Review and approve drawings, 3D PMI, reports, specifications, flight-part releases, and qualification documentation.
• Plan, set up, instrument, execute, and analyze propulsion and flight-hardware tests.
• Manage schedules, priorities, task assignments, technical risks, and status communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Mentor engineers and technicians and improve engineering standards, documentation, training, and processes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in propulsion system development or an equivalent high-performance field.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, such as aerospace, mechanical, mechatronics, or another technical engineering discipline.
• Detailed mechanical design experience with NX or equivalent industry-standard CAD software and PLM software such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar.
• Experience conducting design reviews and approving flight-part releases, qualification reports, and flight-hardware decisions.
• Experience with the full development process, including requirements gathering, detailed design, qualification, production, and acceptance testing.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
• Hands-on integration and testing experience, ideally with National Instruments equipment and software.
• Experience with propulsion systems using different storable propellants, including electrical and chemical systems.
• U.S. citizenship and willingness to obtain a security clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience developing requirements and verification sets, writing test plans and reports, and performing testing.
• Python experience for data manipulation and post-processing.
• Hands-on engineering experience, GD&T and engineering-drawing experience, and flight-hardware testing and troubleshooting.
• Experience with NX or equivalent CAD, Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar PLM software, and National Instruments data-acquisition systems.
• Ability to work through ambiguity using engineering principles, standards, technical risk assessments, test data, and physics-based models.
• Experience planning technical work, scheduling delivery, and managing progress against the plan.
• Master’s degree or PhD.
• Passion for engineering, curiosity, and willingness to learn.

Culture & Benefits

• Work includes prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
• Benefits include company stock, a 15% discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, medical, dental and vision coverage, HSA contributions, paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include disability and life insurance, a 401(k) with company match, flexible spending and dependent-care accounts, subsidized EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks, and employee discounts.
• U.S. employment is subject to ITAR eligibility and applicable security-clearance requirements.