Vehicle Structures Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $104,000–$156,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R rockets and the factory, hardware, and systems required to deliver customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Design primary and secondary flight structures and supporting components from concept through manufacturing and testing.
• Develop structural load paths, complex structures, and adjacent system packaging for thrust structures, propellant tanks, interstages, fairings, and related hardware.
• Review static and dynamic loads, material properties, test data, and structural system requirements.
• Perform structural analysis and sizing, create and release drawings, and support design reviews.
• Develop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation, and results evaluation.
• Support manufacturing process development through tool and fixture design or analysis, working with additive, design, test, and loads and dynamics teams.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in a full-cycle design engineering role.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Knowledge of structural analysis and testing, from hand calculations through advanced analysis.
• Knowledge of structural strength, stability, and fatigue failure mechanisms.
• Knowledge of additive and traditional manufacturing processes.
• Ability to independently lead projects to completion, document technical work, and make recommendations in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Nice to have

• 3+ years of aerospace experience and an advanced engineering degree.
• Experience with NX and TeamCenter.
• Experience with Nastran and ANSYS.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on ownership across the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R structures and flight mechanisms.
• Collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, testing, additive, and loads and dynamics functions.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation available upon request.