Senior Welding Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; on-site

Salary: $140,000–$200,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense aviation company developing high-speed aircraft through rapid hardware prototyping and iterative manufacturing.

What you will do

• Support weld shop development for full-scale welded aircraft assemblies.
• Develop, optimize, and qualify laser beam, gas tungsten arc, resistance, gas metal arc, and plasma arc welding processes.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, materials, tooling, automation, and development engineers to improve welded designs and manufacturing consistency.
• Plan welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and non-destructive evaluation results.
• Support manufacturing engineers and welders with correct welding techniques and standardized practices.
• Investigate new welding technologies and implement process controls that improve rate, quality, and efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline.
• Hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience with welded assemblies.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as needed to maintain build schedules.
• Ability to perform physical work including standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting, working in confined spaces, and climbing.
• Must qualify as a U.S. person under U.S. export control regulations or be eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in welding engineering or a related technical program.
• Hands-on welding experience with stainless steel, nickel-based, titanium, copper, and aluminum alloys.
• Experience with brazing, joining, metallographic interpretation, and tooling design for welded assemblies.
• Knowledge of weld strength testing standards, data acquisition systems, thermocouples, and strain gauges.
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions, fractography, metallography, hardness testing, chemical analysis, and mechanical testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site work in a fast-paced aircraft manufacturing environment.
• Competitive pay, equity, stock options, and potential year-end bonuses.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare and pet insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, paid parental leave, and 12 federal holidays.
• Unlimited PTO for exempt employees or accrued PTO for non-exempt employees, plus weekly paid office lunches.