Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Playa Vista, California; in-person five days per week. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals under applicable regulations, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $125,000–$160,000 per year, plus annual performance-based bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global is an orbital logistics company developing reusable Earth-return vehicles for in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, global delivery, defense, commercial cargo, research, and critical aid missions.

What you will do

• Design and develop mechanical systems for atmospheric recovery, including deployable structures, aerodynamic decelerators, recovery mechanisms, airframe interfaces, and precision landing hardware.
• Create CDR-level CAD models, drawings, specifications, analyses, test plans, bills of materials, and work instructions.
• Define hardware requirements and interfaces with mission operations, payload customers, systems, integration, and test engineers.
• Perform or coordinate structural and thermal analyses to verify hardware margins.
• Write and execute qualification and acceptance test procedures and support environmental test campaigns.
• Lead design reviews and support hardware through design, build, testing, and production or flight.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
• 5–10 years of experience designing flight hardware structures and mechanisms.
• Experience taking hardware from concept through production and/or flight.
• Strong proficiency with CAD tools such as SolidWorks or NX and mechanical analysis tools including structural and thermal analysis in Ansys or SolidWorks.
• Experience with structures, mechanisms, deployables, aerodynamic structures, load paths, interfaces, and environmental requirements for high-energy flight environments.
• Strong technical documentation, communication, engineering requirements, and interface control document skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with formal PDR or CDR reviews and qualification testing.
• Background in reentry systems, atmospheric flight vehicles, thermal protection system interfaces, parachute or paraglider systems, or integrating soft goods with rigid structures.
• Experience in hypersonic, supersonic, or high-aerodynamic-load environments and field testing such as drop tests, flight tests, or parachute deployments.
• Familiarity with degree-of-freedom-limited mechanisms and precision actuation in harsh environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including company-paid base medical coverage and all vision and dental premiums.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off and nine paid holidays.
• Equity participation and performance-based bonuses.
• Daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, coffee, and tea.
• Pet-friendly office with regular company events and happy hours.