Deputy Chief Engineer, Program Integration (Autonomous Defense Platforms)

Location: Victorville, California, United States; onsite engineering role with extended hours and weekends as needed.

Salary: $105,000–$180,000 USD annually; base salary only, with potential performance incentives, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing defense technology startup founded in 2023, developing scalable autonomous defense platforms and next-generation manufacturing capabilities for the United States and its allies.

What you will do

• Coordinate engineering interfaces and dependencies across programs and disciplines.
• Communicate requirements, assumptions, design changes, and technical decisions across teams.
• Track cross-program risks, open questions, action items, and interface documentation through resolution.
• Support technical reviews, integration planning, and program-level engineering discussions.
• Identify subsystem conflicts and gaps, bringing relevant stakeholders together to resolve them.
• Build relationships across engineering, manufacturing, test, and program teams while supporting critical milestones.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in engineering, technical program integration, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, including the ability to make technical information clear to different audiences.
• Ability to work across teams, follow through on open issues, and manage competing priorities.
• Interest in complex hardware development and cross-disciplinary engineering.
• U.S. work authorization or eligibility under ITAR requirements: U.S. citizenship or nationality, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.
• Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting hardware development, systems integration, or engineering program reviews.
• Familiarity with CAD, engineering documentation, requirements tracking, or interface tracking.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in a fast-moving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment focused on rapid innovation, manufacturing, national security, and autonomous defense systems.
• Healthcare, dental, vision, retirement savings, and paid time off.
• Performance-based incentives and equity participation may be included.
• Funding for continuing education, training, and career growth.
• Mach participates in E-Verify; employment offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive technology controlled under U.S. export control laws without sponsorship for an export license.