Tool Design Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, CA, United States; based at hirify.global's Headquarters

Base salary: $77,600–$97,000 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $87,675–$114,625 USD annually.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead the design, analysis, documentation, procurement, and implementation of ground support equipment and production tooling ranging from handling fixtures to engine- and space-vehicle-level equipment.
• Own manufacturing, scheduling, sourcing, fabrication, and delivery of critical production tools, tooling aids, support equipment, and specialized hardware.
• Coordinate with N/C programmers, welders, machinists, shop personnel, suppliers, manufacturing engineers, and designers.
• Drive product requirements, GD&T specifications, manufacturing processes, and design-for-manufacturing improvements into robust, cost-effective tooling.
• Lead tooling design reviews, readiness reviews, and corrective-action investigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of tooling design and analysis experience, plus 2+ years of technical project management or manufacturing design experience.
• Fundamental understanding of mechanical design principles.
• Experience with FEA analysis and hand calculations for structural, mechanical, or fluid components.
• Expert knowledge of creating, reviewing, and interpreting engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Advanced proficiency with Siemens NX or similar CAD and PLM packages.
• For U.S. office roles, eligibility to access ITAR-regulated technology is required: U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee/asylee status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.
• The role may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

Nice to have

• Tooling manufacturing experience in aerospace, automotive, or large-format fabrication industries.
• Knowledge of heat transfer, fluids, structural mechanics, solid mechanics, advanced structural analysis, and manufacturing methods for large precision structures.
• Project management experience in a fast-paced prototype fabrication shop.
• Experience developing clean-sheet tooling through production ramp-up and knowledge of aerospace design specifications such as SSMAN 91-710 and ASME BTH-1.
• Advanced understanding of fabrication and production quality standards, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, hand tools, and basic fabrication equipment.
• Strong communication skills with engineers and shop-floor technicians; ability to mentor developing engineers.
• Flexibility to travel to alternative hirify.global production sites and vendors, up to 15%.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, mission-focused environment centered on rockets, spacecraft, and meaningful space missions.
• Company stock, employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount, and equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, dependent-care, disability, and life insurance options.
• Paid vacation, sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Additional perks include EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.