Senior Program Manager I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, CA; based at hirify.global's global headquarters and working in production areas.

Base pay: $125,300–$187,850 USD annually in California.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead satellite programs from blank-sheet concept through qualification, full-rate production, and flight.
• Own rate, yield, unit cost, strategic program decisions, and the technical roadmap for high-volume production.
• Run multiple programs and make architectural and design-for-manufacturing decisions with Chief Engineers.
• Coordinate manufacturing, supply chain, integration, and test teams while removing production roadblocks.
• Manage strategic suppliers and subcontracts to protect schedule and margin.
• Act as the primary contact for commercial constellation operators and support proposals with Business Development and Strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, science, or another technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of program management experience.
• End-to-end ownership of a technical program, product, or team, with evidence of delivering under pressure.
• Experience moving hardware and software from prototype toward high-rate production, including quantified yield, throughput, and cost improvements.
• Understanding of takt time, line-of-balance, design-for-manufacturing, and learning-curve economics.
• Experience identifying and mitigating tooling, supply-chain, or yield risks before they affect production.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience transitioning low-volume prototypes into full-rate production while maintaining mission reliability.
• Deep experience scaling satellite, aerospace, or analogous complex hardware production at volume.
• Experience reducing unit cost at production rate without sacrificing reliability.
• Master’s degree in engineering, operations, or a related field.
• Familiarity with systems engineering, trade studies, interface control, requirement integrity, Jira, Confluence, and ERP/MRP tools.
• Multiple program cycles or 8+ years in aerospace or defense.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-ownership environment focused on innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and delivering under pressure.
• Company stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability, life insurance, and 401(k) with company match.
• Paid vacation, sick time, 11 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Production work may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional moderate noise, dust, and fumes.
• Additional perks include EV charging, fitness facilities or gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.