Senior Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Toulouse, Occitanie, France. Relocation assistance to Toulouse is available when applicable.

Company

hirify.global provides governments, companies, and research institutions with end-to-end spacecraft missions, including spacecraft integration, launch, and on-orbit operations.

What you will do

• Serve as mechanical lead for selected Loft missions and subject matter expert for mission and product teams.
• Develop and maintain mechanical analysis budgets, requirements, specifications, interfaces, engineering drawings, and 3D CAD models.
• Perform and oversee structural and thermal analyses for payload components and spacecraft.
• Plan and support structural and thermal verification activities, including vibration testing, test oversight, data reduction, and report review.
• Support assembly, integration, and testing across all stages of space missions, including MGSE identification and procurement.
• Coordinate with suppliers, customers, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful mission execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience with spacecraft subsystems, payloads, vehicle mechanical design, and structural analysis.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T, tolerance analysis, SolidWorks or similar CAD software, and spacecraft-level FEA.
• Expertise with at least one FEA solver and pre/post-processor package, such as Femap, Patran, Nastran, or ANSYS.
• Experience with pragmatic vibration testing, satellite assembly, integration, and test campaigns, including vibration and thermal testing.
• Experience delivering spacecraft to standards such as ECSS and NASA GEVS, with strong analytical, problem-solving, ownership, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Craig-Bampton model reduction for launch authorities.
• Combined thermal and structural analysis modeling.
• Practical satellite hardware assembly and integration experience.
• Customer-facing experience and optical payload integration.
• Knowledge of force-limited vibration, transfer functions, and end-to-end satellite missions.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation.
• Up to 35 days of paid time off, including vacation and RTT, plus flexible working hours.
• Health and life insurance and lunch vouchers.
• Cross-office travel between San Francisco, Golden, and Toulouse.
• Company and team off-sites, events, and relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable.