Mechanisms Engineer - Payloads (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States

Salary: $104,000–$122,000 per year for Engineer I; $119,000–$153,000 per year for Engineer II. Additional incentives may include stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing payloads, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses.

What you will do

• Own payload hardware from concept through design, integration, launch, reentry, recovery, and post-flight teardown.
• Design mechanisms, structures, thermal and fluid interfaces, and electromechanical assemblies.
• Perform structural, thermal, and fluid analyses using hand calculations, simplified models, and FEA.
• Build, instrument, integrate, and test prototypes and flight hardware.
• Coordinate interfaces with avionics, software, thermal, systems, integration teams, and external partners.
• Document requirements, interface control documents, procedures, test reports, mission operations, and lessons learned.

Requirements

• BS or BEng in Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong fundamentals in structures, heat transfer, fluids, and dynamics.
• Hands-on experience designing, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting electromechanical hardware.
• Ability to communicate effectively across disciplines.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. person due to ITAR-controlled technology access.
• Must work on-site in El Segundo, California.

Nice to have

• Experience with electromechanical actuators, sensors, thermal control hardware, or fluid control hardware.
• CAD experience, preferably NX, and FEA experience with Ansys or Nastran.
• Exposure to aerospace environmental testing, including vibration, TVAC, and EMI/EMC.
• Customer-facing technical communication experience.
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive flexible PTO and 12 paid holidays.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
• Benefits include parental leave, family-building support, wellness reimbursement, and One Medical memberships.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match and immediate vesting.
• Relocation support may be available for new hires, along with meals, team events, and complimentary EV charging.