Senior Manufacturing Engineering - Factory Design (Aerospace)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Base pay: $126,700–$158,400 per year

Company

hirify.global develops advanced air mobility technologies, including electric air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems, aviation-related physical AI solutions, and other aerospace and defense technologies.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain CAD-based factory layouts, station arrangements, space allocations, and production flows.
• Integrate material flow, kitting, and logistics paths to reduce handling costs and work-in-progress accumulation.
• Build capacity models covering labor, equipment, footprint, production rates, and throughput bottlenecks.
• Develop CapEx justifications and ROI analyses for layout investments, line reconfigurations, and facility expansions.
• Define utility, structural, equipment footprint, and installation-clearance requirements in collaboration with Facilities and Equipment Engineering.
• Coordinate with Construction, Quality, EHS, and Automation teams and lead production-line commissioning, acceptance testing, and 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 and planning.
• Experience developing complex factory layouts in CAD, such as AutoCAD, CATIA, or an equivalent tool.
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, takt analysis, line balancing, and production-flow optimization.
• Direct experience supporting facility commissioning, heavy equipment installation, or new production-line start-ups.
• Employment is contingent on a background check and pre-employment and random drug screening because this is a safety-sensitive role.

Nice to have

• Experience in automotive, electric vehicles, aerospace, or other highly automated and complex production environments.
• Experience with greenfield facility builds or large-scale factory expansion programs.
• Experience with factory simulation and 3D layout tools such as FlexSim, Siemens Tecnomatix/Plant Simulation, DELMIA, or Arena.
• Exposure to MES, ERP, SCADA, digital twin, or PLM integration in factory environments.
• Experience working with architecture firms, infrastructure engineering partners, or general contractors.

Culture & Benefits

• Pay-for-performance culture with compensation based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Commitment to a safe, equitable, inclusive, and diverse workplace.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs.
• Certain positions may be eligible for visa sponsorship.