Senior Structures Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site at the El Segundo, California, United States headquarters. The role requires employees to be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. and qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR requirements.

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 per year for the Senior Engineer level; $120,000–$153,000 per year for the E2 level. 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, C-PICA heat shields, and satellite buses.

What you will do

• Design, analyze, build, and test primary and secondary structures for spaceflight and reentry vehicles.
• Derive hardware requirements and perform initial design trades from open-ended problems and stakeholder input.
• Evaluate packaging, thermal, environmental, and loads impacts to support system-level design decisions.
• Own technical and administrative aspects of hardware delivery.
• Use hand calculations, finite element analysis, and CAD to verify hardware performance.
• Design development and qualification tests, develop integration tooling, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience with structures for automotive, aircraft, spacecraft, or related applications.
• Strong understanding of structural design, analysis, testing, and first-principles engineering.
• Experience with structural analysis tools such as hand calculations, Ansys, Femap, or Nastran.
• Advanced 3D CAD skills, ideally NX, and experience creating production-intent drawings and work instructions.
• Experience with revision-controlled documentation in a PLM system, preferably Teamcenter.
• U.S. work authorization and U.S. person status are required for access to export-controlled technology.

Nice to have

• Experience developing aerospace hardware from concept through delivery, including qualification testing and space-environment design.
• Direct experience with spaceflight or reentry vehicles and spacecraft heatshields.
• Programming experience with Python or Matlab.
• Hands-on experience with assembly, fabrication, and machining of metallic parts.

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.
• Parental leave, family-building support, wellness reimbursement, and One Medical memberships.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% immediately vested employer match and incentive equity.
• Relocation support may be available for new hires.
• Daily lunch, twice-weekly dinner, team events, and complimentary EV charging.