Senior Manufacturing Engineering - Factory Design (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Senior Manufacturing Engineering - Factory Design (Aerospace): Designing and delivering high-rate production systems for all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with an accent on factory layouts, capacity modeling, and production flow. Focus on translating assembly requirements into high-efficiency layouts and driving the commissioning of new production lines.

Location: San Jose, California, United States. Unable to provide work visa sponsorship.

Salary: $126,700 - $158,400

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company building all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Develop CAD-based factory layouts, station arrangements, and maintain master facility layouts as living documents.
• Integrate material flow, kitting, and logistics paths into layout designs to minimize handling costs and WIP.
• Build and maintain capacity models mapping labor, equipment, and footprint to production rate scenarios.
• Develop data-driven CapEx justifications and ROI analyses for layout investments and facility expansions.
• Specify utility requirements and coordinate infrastructure with Facilities, Construction, Quality, and EHS teams.
• Drive the commissioning of new production lines, including installation sequencing and formal handoffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or factory design.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing complex factory layouts using CAD (AutoCAD, CATIA, or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, takt analysis, line balancing, and production flow optimization.
• Direct experience supporting facility commissioning or heavy equipment installation.
• Must be authorized to work in the US; the company is unable to provide work visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience in Automotive (EV/Gigafactories) or other highly automated, high-complexity production environments.
• Experience supporting greenfield facility builds or massive factory expansion programs.
• Proficiency with factory simulation and 3D layout tools (e.g., FlexSim, Siemens Tecnomatix, DELMIA, Arena).
• Exposure to MES, ERP, SCADA, or digital twin/PLM software integration.
• Experience collaborating with external architecture firms and general contractors.

Culture & Benefits

• Pay-for-performance culture that rewards contributions to the company's business strategy.
• Dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge sustainable air mobility technology.
• Commitment to workplace safety and high-quality aerospace standards.