Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid — Torrance, California, United States; 9/80 work schedule with approximately 5–15% travel to U.S. hirify.global and customer locations.

Salary: $130,000–$170,000 annually

Company

hirify.global develops advanced aerospace and defense systems, including mission-critical flight control and actuation technologies for military aircraft.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for the development, integration, and verification of hydraulic and electromechanical actuation systems.
• Influence system architecture, design decisions, and requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional engineering activities and coordinate technical work across teams and sites.
• Develop requirements, verification strategies, qualification approaches, traceability, and technical documentation.
• Lead integration and testing, troubleshoot technical issues, investigate root causes, and present solutions and results to customers and stakeholders.
• Mentor early-career engineers and support technical excellence across the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another STEM discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, preferably in aerospace or defense product development.
• Experience across requirements development, system design, integration, testing, verification, validation, and qualification.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts, subsystem development, or cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong systems thinking, analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on engineering contributions.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex electrohydraulic or electromechanical actuator systems.
• Experience with aerospace actuation, flight control, or other safety-critical aerospace applications.
• Familiarity with DOORS, Cameo, or other requirements management and systems engineering tools.
• Hands-on hydraulic or electromechanical systems integration and testing experience.
• Experience mentoring engineers or supporting new product development from concept through qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Compensation package with bonus opportunities, matching 401(k), and an employee stock purchase plan at select locations.
• Flexible paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, employee assistance, flexible spending, and health savings benefits.
• Tuition assistance, mentorship, coaching, leadership development, and personal growth programs.
• Respectful, inclusive workplace with employee resource groups and a family-like culture.