Test Engineering Manager (Space Systems)

Location: Fully onsite at the Centennial, Colorado office. The role requires authorization to work with U.S. Government-regulated space technology under ITAR.

Base salary: $135,000–$225,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead and mentor test engineering teams across multiple sites.
• Own component, subsystem, vehicle-level, electrical, environmental, qualification, acceptance, and automation testing.
• Manage test schedules, capacity planning, resource allocation, and execution against program commitments.
• Provide test inputs to integrated master schedules, engineering reviews, and test reviews.
• Improve test processes, automation, efficiency, repeatability, and first-time test success.
• Partner with design, engineering, and program management teams to ensure spacecraft and components are testable and meet mission assurance standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience testing space components, space systems, developmental systems, or other complex systems.
• Experience with electrical, mechanical, fluids, and environmental testing, including thermal, vacuum, vibration, and EMI/EMC environments.
• Expertise in test plans, test equipment design and implementation, test processes, and automation integration.
• Experience configuring test architecture in Epsilon 3 or an equivalent manufacturing and test execution system.
• Must be eligible to work with ITAR-controlled technology as a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or authorized person.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
• Experience designing and implementing test ground support equipment and electrical ground support equipment.
• Experience establishing spacecraft, component, environmental, vibration, thermal, vacuum, EMI/EMC, fluids, pressure, or launch test facilities.
• Active DoD clearance or ability to obtain one.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused work developing technology for space security.
• Health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO, and paid holidays.
• 401(k), parental leave, and equity.
• Onsite work in a test-focused environment with emphasis on safety, organization, efficiency, and technical excellence.