Hardware and Environments Test Engineer (Aerospace Defense)

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

Salary: $85,000–$105,000 for Test Engineer 1; $100,000–$120,000 for Test Engineer 2 per year

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space defense.

What you will do

• Own test strategies, including requirements verification, procedure development, and execution.
• Author and review test plans, procedures, readiness reports, and compliance matrices.
• Set up test equipment and hardware, collect and analyze data, and prepare test reports.
• Identify anomalies, support root cause investigations, and address nonconformances.
• Develop testing system requirements and operational manuals across thermal, structural, electrical, and fluids disciplines.
• Coordinate with engineering teams, technicians, customers, regulatory bodies, and internal and external stakeholders during design reviews and Test Readiness Reviews.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or another ITAR-eligible status is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience in hardware test engineering for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability systems.
• Experience handling, operating, and testing flight hardware safely.
• Strong communication, leadership, technical documentation, data collection, and data analysis skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s or higher degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Knowledge of environmental and performance test methodologies and standards.
• Experience with data acquisition, test automation, and scripting using LabVIEW, Python, or MATLAB.
• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work on aerospace defense technologies.
• Health, dental, vision, and HRA/HSA options.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) and parental leave.
• Equity compensation.