Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer I - Mission Formulation (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States. The position is based at hirify.global's global headquarters and requires U.S. citizenship due to program requirements. U.S. export-control rules may also require U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or applicable government authorization.

Base pay: $115,000–$158,000 USD annually in California.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical space systems for civil, commercial, interplanetary, national security, and defense missions.

What you will do

• Lead mechanical formulation for new satellite systems and business development opportunities.
• Develop lightweight, high-performance spacecraft bus configurations, structures, mechanisms, and deployment systems.
• Maintain mass and mechanical technical budgets, requirements, verification methods, configuration trades, and interface specifications.
• Perform structural, mechanism, packaging, hand-calculation, and FEA analyses across vehicle functions.
• Plan and execute structural, thermal, and vibration testing, including test-data analysis.
• Own mechanical technical development from conceptual design through production, testing, and operation, including CAD, drawings, schedules, vendors, budgets, and design documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another technical discipline.
• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in the aerospace industry.
• Experience supporting satellite or spacecraft development programs.
• Experience with CAD modeling and technical drawing.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.

Nice to have

• Active security clearance and advanced engineering degree.
• Spacecraft or satellite design, deployment-system, mechanism, and rapid conceptual-design experience.
• Experience with FEA, GD&T, hands-on development, and thermal or vibration test-data interpretation.
• Knowledge of spacecraft subsystems, space environment, orbital mechanics, rigid-body dynamics, requirements management, and interface-control documentation.
• Ability to take products from concept through production autonomously and communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, flexible spending, disability, and life insurance plans.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Additional perks include subsidized EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.