Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, United States. Applicants must be U.S. persons under ITAR, including U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons.

Annual salary: $115,000–$170,000 USD

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures critical avionics, hydraulic, and electrical components and subsystems for aerospace, defense, and infrastructure platforms.

What you will do

• Develop complete bills of materials from engineering drawings and requirements, and build should-cost models for incoming opportunities.
• Compare designs, materials, manufacturing processes, and suppliers to identify low-risk, cost-effective production approaches.
• Interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and military and aerospace specifications to evaluate manufacturability and factory fit.
• Support feasibility and cost analysis through CAD work, production planning, engineering change evaluations, and tooling assessments.
• Serve as the technical contact for post-award execution and quality resolution.
• Maintain a capability map across factories, identify gaps, and recommend capital investments or supplier partnerships.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of full-time technical engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or a similar hardware industry.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and military and aerospace specifications.
• Experience building accurate BOMs from drawings and requirements.
• Understanding of CNC machining, casting, forging, sheet metal fabrication, welding, and surface treatments.
• Working proficiency in CAD and strong communication skills for explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• 6+ years of progressively responsible manufacturing, technical, or supply chain experience.
• Experience with cost estimates, should-cost models, or bid pricing for manufactured components or assemblies.
• Experience with government or aviation supply chain programs and federal procurement processes.
• Familiarity with technical data packages and experience across multiple manufacturing sites.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports the development of aerospace, military, and critical infrastructure manufacturing capabilities.
• Collaboration spans factory engineering, manufacturing, business operations, and production teams.
• Exposure to AS9100, NADCAP, MIL-SPEC standards, manufacturing technology, and DLA procurement policy.