Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Wallops Island, Virginia, United States

Base pay range: $115,000–$172,100 USD per year, plus potential stock and cash incentives.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems, including the Neutron reusable launch vehicle.

What you will do

• Develop concepts of operations, tooling, equipment, and processes for handling Neutron components and integrated stages.
• Develop and execute procedures for integrating flight hardware and ground support equipment.
• Support first- and second-stage vehicle integration, propellant systems, avionics, and autonomous flight termination systems.
• Develop inspection, repair, assembly, maintenance, system test, and vehicle checkout procedures.
• Design tools, hardware, processing facilities, build flows, and test operations for efficient vehicle processing.
• Maintain configuration and planning documentation, address non-conformances, and coordinate priorities with managers, engineers, and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering.
• 5+ years of experience building and testing hardware associated with launch vehicles and their operating environments.
• Proficiency authoring comprehensive work instructions and procedures for assembly, test, and launch.
• Ability to interface with multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems.
• For work in U.S. offices, eligibility to access ITAR-regulated technology is required; candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, qualifying refugee or asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master of Science degree in aerospace, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with launch vehicle hardware and subsystems, including avionics, high-pressure gas, structural, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Experience building and testing complex assemblies at system and subsystem level.
• Experience applying project management principles.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan options.
• Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Employee stock purchase program, potential stock or cash incentives, and other discounts.
• Work includes occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.