Senior Test Engineer (Lunar)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; willingness to travel to test sites, including Mojave and supplier or outside test facilities, is required as needed.

Salary: $137,760–$230,472 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space stations, space infrastructure, satellites, and future crewed systems for lunar and Mars missions.

What you will do

• Lead testing for lunar power stations, Haven-derived lunar airlocks, and multi-module lunar habitats.
• Plan and execute development, qualification, acceptance, subsystem, and integrated system-level test campaigns.
• Serve as Test Conductor and Test Director during hazardous operations involving pressurized structures and energetic or stored-energy systems.
• Author test plans, procedures, sequences, and configuration files; lead Test Readiness Reviews and post-test data reviews.
• Define and build test architecture, stands, fixtures, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure from the ground up.
• Design and troubleshoot test-stand fluid, mechanical, electrical, and software systems; collaborate with technicians and Responsible Engineers while mentoring future test staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of experience operating, designing, and developing test systems, fluid systems, or hardware testing.
• Demonstrated ownership of large test campaigns from planning through execution and data review.
• Experience across multiple test disciplines, including fluids and propulsion, structures and mechanisms, thermal/vacuum, and electrical/avionics.
• Experience with fluids systems testing and hardware testing for spaceflight environments, including random vibration, shock, thermal cycling, TVAC, and burn-in.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, schematics, and drawings.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and independently with limited direction in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Nice to have

• Experience standing up new test capabilities, stands, or laboratories from the ground up in a resource-constrained environment.
• Familiarity with beyond-LEO or lunar surface environmental considerations.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, or Visual Basic for test automation and data reduction.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; paid parental leave; disability and life insurance; and access to a 401(k) plan.
• Exempt staff receive up to 20+ vacation days, with the ability to cash out unused vacation annually.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, discounts, and other perks.
• Onsite food benefits include snacks, coffee, cold drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch.