Senior Mechanical Engineer II (Space Robotics)

Location: Onsite in Pasadena, California, United States. U.S. office roles are subject to ITAR eligibility requirements.

Base salary: $132,000–$176,000 USD per year, with level and compensation determined based on knowledge, skills, education, and experience.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical space systems and subsystems.

What you will do

• Lead mechanical design and mechanism development for space robotics, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies, tooling, fixtures, and ground support equipment.
• Own complex components or subsystems through architecture, detailed design, procurement, build, integration, environmental testing, qualification, and delivery.
• Lead trade studies and technical decisions covering packaging, interfaces, materials, fabrication, tolerance strategy, verification, and design risk.
• Create and maintain SolidWorks models, production drawings, bills of material, assembly documentation, test procedures, and design analyses.
• Apply GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, first-principles calculations, FEA, and design-for-manufacture principles.
• Coordinate design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, assembly, integration, troubleshooting, inspection, and test activities while mentoring engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechatronics, robotics, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, including aerospace, spaceflight, robotics, or other high-reliability hardware development.
• 3+ years as a responsible engineer or technical lead for mechanical component or subsystem development.
• Deep experience with precision mechanisms, robotic systems, aerospace hardware, or electromechanical assemblies.
• Strong SolidWorks experience with complex CAD modeling, production drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and mechanical documentation.
• For U.S. office work, candidates must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with robotic manipulators, in-space servicing, planetary robotics, spacecraft mechanisms, or satellite deployment systems.
• Experience with actuators, gimbals, gear trains, harmonic drives, bearings, rotary sensors, launch locks, release devices, or kinematic interfaces.
• Experience with structural, vibration, thermal, or thermal-elastic analysis and environmental test data.
• Experience with NASA, JPL, DoD, commercial space, AS9100, configuration management, failure analysis, or test-anomaly resolution.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work supporting hands-on hardware development and production activities.
• Company stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, HMO, PPO, HDHP, HSA, FSA, disability, and life insurance options.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, subsidized EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks, and employee discounts.