Engineering Manager, Hardware Test (Space Hardware)

Location: Fully onsite in Long Beach, California, United States

Base salary: $150,000–$220,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority and threat response.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of hardware test engineers.
• Own component, subsystem, and vehicle-level hardware testing for qualification and acceptance.
• Establish and operate test laboratories, infrastructure, equipment, and processes for space hardware.
• Coordinate test activities with design, production, and program stakeholders, including integrated master schedules and engineering reviews.
• Improve test efficiency, repeatability, automation, capacity planning, and process maturity.
• Partner with design teams to ensure hardware meets requirements and can be tested against program qualification standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience testing space, developmental, or complex systems across electrical, mechanical, and fluids hardware.
• Experience with thermal, vacuum, vibration, EMI, and EMC environmental testing.
• Proficiency in test plans, test equipment design and implementation, test processes, and automation integration.
• Experience testing space-grade and ESD-sensitive components and assemblies.
• U.S. work authorization or eligibility under ITAR requirements is required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
• Extensive experience designing, developing, and implementing test ground support equipment and electrical ground support equipment.
• Active Department of Defense clearance or ability to obtain one.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity compensation and health, dental, vision, HRA, and HSA options.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), and parental leave.
• Hands-on work with spacecraft, payloads, and space-based defense systems.
• Onsite collaboration in a mission-focused engineering environment.