NPD Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Chandler, Arizona, United States; onsite. U.S. citizenship or qualifying U.S. person status is required due to export control requirements.

Salary: $83,400–$155,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops precision instruments, sensors, subsystems, and energetic-material solutions for mission-critical military and commercial applications through PacSci EMC.

What you will do

• Own the technical execution of multiple concurrent new product development programs from concept through qualification, production launch, and production support.
• Translate customer specifications into compliant engineering designs and compliance matrices.
• Design mechanical components, mechanisms, actuators, and assemblies, and prepare drawings, documentation, and technical data packages.
• Lead prototype development, troubleshooting, validation, qualification testing, and production launch activities.
• Develop Design of Experiments, engineering validation, and qualification test plans; perform structural analysis, FEA, failure investigations, and corrective actions.
• Present design reviews, technical status, risks, and test results while coordinating with Manufacturing, Test, Quality, Program Management, customers, and less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 6+ years of progressively responsible mechanical product development experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing components, mechanisms, or actuators and interpreting customer specifications.
• Experience applying Design of Experiments and using FEA or comparable structural simulation tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, failure investigation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must be eligible to work under U.S. Government export control requirements; U.S. citizenship or qualifying U.S. person status is required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in engineering.
• Experience with GD&T, DFMEA/FMEA, DFMA, and statistical analysis.
• Aerospace, defense, automotive, or other regulated product development experience.
• Experience qualifying products to MIL-DTL-23659 or similar military standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an onsite engineering and manufacturing environment focused on safety and quality.
• Support products used in military, aerospace, commercial aviation, law enforcement, space, and energy applications.
• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, testing, quality, program management, and customer organizations.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available during the application process.