Staff Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Remote; Southern California preferred. Other location: McLean, Virginia, United States. The role requires meeting requirements associated with work on U.S. government and national-security programs.

Salary: $145,000–$170,000 base annually.

Company

hirify.global is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security. Dash 2 Dynamics develops plasma-enabled antenna and advanced communications systems for defense, aerospace, and commercial users operating in contested and congested RF environments.

What you will do

• Own mechanical architecture for advanced antenna, plasma-device, electronics, and communications-system hardware.
• Lead design reviews and critical decisions covering performance, risk, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and modular product architecture.
• Create CAD models, production drawings, GD&T schemes, tolerance analyses, bills of material, and configuration-controlled documentation.
• Perform or direct thermal and structural analyses; engineer materials, joining methods, seals, brazed or bonded joints, precision alignment, thermal interfaces, shock, vibration, and fatigue solutions.
• Drive hardware from concept through rapid prototyping, integration, environmental testing, qualification, and design release, including fixtures, instrumentation, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Lead DFM/DFA execution and technical engagement with machine shops, joining and brazing vendors, additive manufacturers, and contract manufacturing partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant mechanical product-development experience, including technical ownership of complex electromechanical hardware through design, build, integration, and test.
• Advanced proficiency with a modern 3D CAD platform, production drawings, GD&T, and tolerance analysis.
• Strong command of thermal management, structural mechanics, materials selection, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to lead design reviews, mentor engineers, communicate technical risk, and make sound decisions with incomplete information.
• Hands-on experience with experimental hardware and disciplined technical documentation.
• Ability to meet requirements associated with U.S. government and national-security programs.

Nice to have

• Experience with antenna systems, RF electronics packaging, aerospace hardware, high-voltage equipment, vacuum systems, or plasma devices.
• Experience with ceramics, metal-ceramic interfaces, brazing, adhesives, seals, coatings, or high-temperature assemblies.
• Finite-element thermal or structural analysis and model-to-test correlation experience.
• Experience supporting environmental qualification, including shock, vibration, temperature, ingress, or related testing.
• Experience in an early-stage company, rapid-prototyping organization, defense program, or SBIR/STTR environment.
• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a hands-on, multidisciplinary, mission-focused team.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Fourteen weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave at normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO with management approval and opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401(k), FSA, equity incentives, mental health benefits, and GLP-1 solutions.

Hiring process

• Submitted application materials may be processed through third-party hiring platforms for application administration, verification, and fraud detection.
• Applications flagged for indicators of fraud or material misrepresentation may be declined from further consideration.