Senior Test Engineer (Aerospace and Defense)

Location: Gardena, CA; onsite hardware engineering role

Salary: $140,000–$200,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense startup developing a low-cost air defense system for immediate deployment worldwide.

What you will do

• Architect, build, and operate test stands and processes for prototype, qualification, and production-grade defense hardware.
• Develop end-to-end test plans and protocols covering instrumentation, execution steps, pass/fail criteria, schedules, and data analysis.
• Design, validate, and maintain test setups, specialized fixtures, sensors, schematics, and CAD models while ensuring measurement precision and accuracy.
• Lead test design and readiness reviews and communicate test approaches and results to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Define testing standards and workflows, mentor teammates and technicians, and establish best practices.
• Investigate root causes, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on test engineering experience.
• Experience designing assemblies and test fixtures using CAD.
• Experience with LabVIEW, Simulink, or similar test software.
• Experience integrating and using test instrumentation such as pressure transducers, thermocouples, strain gauges, relays, and solenoid valves.
• Must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, qualifying refugee or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or higher in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 8+ years of hands-on test engineering experience.
• Experience designing and building test rigs and executing thermal and mechanical tests.
• Experience setting up testing software resources and establishing best practices with LabVIEW, Simulink, or similar tools.
• Experience testing military products to MIL-STD requirements and in mechanical, durability, or materials testing.
• Leadership experience on a project or research team, with strong project management and cross-disciplinary communication skills.
• Demonstrated high-impact technical contributions.
• Experience with part inspection technologies such as micrometers, CMM, and white light scanning.
• Knowledge of PLM, ERP, and related manufacturing systems.
• Strong Python or general programming experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Salaried, full-time employment in the Hardware department.
• Culture focused on quality, speed, ownership, technical excellence, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Work involves solving difficult problems in ambiguous conditions with limited resources.
• Opportunity to help build a quality-focused engineering and technician team and train technicians on new processes and tools.