Systems Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Mojave, California, United States; travel estimated at less than 5% as needed.

Base salary: $98,100–$128,700 for Level II, $117,000–$153,500 for Senior Level, or $152,500–$200,000 for Staff Level, annually.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable air-launched Talon testbeds and hypersonic flight-testing platforms that provide data for system validation and technology deployment.

What you will do

• Create work instructions, drawings, and tooling documentation for fabricating, installing, modifying, and testing vehicle and payload systems.
• Support electrical, avionics, electromechanical, and ground-test integration, including troubleshooting documentation and system issues.
• Act as the engineering liaison for production technicians, providing real-time shop-floor guidance and redlining released documentation.
• Develop test plans, procedures, and ATP documentation for system functionality and integrated hypersonic vehicle testing.
• Evaluate technical data, producibility, fabrication time, cost, and schedule across design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing.
• Contribute to shop layout, setup, process improvement, and aerospace manufacturing standardization.

Requirements

• Experience with vehicle systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrotechnical systems, or flight controls for experimental aircraft or launch vehicles.
• Experience creating aerospace production drawings, work orders, and shop work instructions.
• Experience with PDM, engineering change control, revision control, and release processes.
• Experience integrating aircraft or launch-vehicle electrical power systems and installing aircraft mechanical systems or payloads.
• Hands-on experience with pneumatic, electromechanical, hydraulic, and manufacturing techniques, plus oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and signal generators.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance; an active clearance is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics, NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, LabVIEW, or Jira.
• 3D CAD modeling experience and familiarity with configuration-management systems.

Culture & Benefits

• 9/80 work schedule.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription-drug coverage.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• 50% company match on employee 401(k) contributions, up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement and an equal-opportunity, non-discriminatory workplace.