Test Engineer (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States; onsite. Travel to other sites and occasional nights and weekends around test events may be required. ITAR eligibility is required: U.S. citizenship or nationality, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $135,000–$220,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous factories combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing for aerospace and defense customers, including rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems.

What you will do

• Own test strategies and plans from customer specifications through final compliance data packages.
• Interpret customer test requirements, negotiate changes, lead customer reviews, and support witness tests.
• Select, purchase, integrate, and commission hydrostatic, proof, and functional test equipment, including custom pressure systems, fixtures, and data acquisition.
• Own test safety through hazard analysis, stored-energy calculations, relief sizing, and engineering controls.
• Define data collection, labeling, storage, and traceability requirements and collaborate with controls, software, and data teams on supporting tools.
• Automate tests, create process documentation and training materials, hand tests off to production, and mentor engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or chemical engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in test, launch, controls, integration, or fluid-systems engineering.
• Deep experience planning, running, and signing off hydrostatic or proof tests on large, complex hardware.
• Strong pressure-system design knowledge, including P&IDs, relief sizing, stored energy, ASME BPVC Section VIII, B31.3, and PCC-2.
• Experience specifying, installing, and commissioning test equipment and data acquisition systems such as NI, Dewesoft, HBK, or similar.
• Test automation experience with Python, LabVIEW, or similar.
• Experience leading test programs or cross-functional projects from start to finish.
• Ability to defend tradeoffs across cost, schedule, quality, and safety with customers and internal teams, and change course when needed.
• Ability to travel to other sites and support occasional nights and weekends around test events.

Nice to have

• System-level testing on hardware more complex than a single pressure vessel.
• Experience designing, building, and commissioning pressure-test equipment or hydraulic systems.
• Experience establishing a new test lab or capability from scratch.
• Failure investigation and root-cause corrective-action experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers or technicians, including test or launch console operations.
• Background in auto racing, aerospace testing, or launch.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing with strict reporting and traceability requirements, such as AS9100 or ASME code work.
• Experience with 5S or similar programs in a high-mix shop and hosting customer or third-party witness tests.

Culture & Benefits

• New Test Engineering team with no legacy test framework; the role will establish standards for future programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance for full-time employees.
• 401(k), flexible vacation policy, and equity.
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
• Work includes development of test capabilities over a 6–12 month build period and close coordination with manufacturing, automation, production, planning, and workforce training.