Tooling and Systems Manufacturing Engineer

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

Base salary: $98,100–$200,000 per year depending on level, education, location, and experience.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable air-launched Talon testbeds and hypersonic flight-testing platforms to generate data for technology validation and national security applications.

What you will do

• Create tooling drawings, tool work instructions, production documentation, and shop aids for systems, mechanical structures, and ground support equipment.
• Define manufacturing processes step by step and develop standardized practices for production, testing, tooling, and system installation.
• Act as an engineering liaison on the shop floor, troubleshooting documentation issues and providing real-time technical support to manufacturing technicians.
• Support mechanical and ground-test integration, hypersonic vehicle integrated testing, system design, and acceptance test procedures.
• Integrate 3D CAD models into 2D engineering environments, redline released documentation, and support component sourcing and shop setup activities.
• Evaluate technical data and engineering requirements to assess producibility, fabrication time, cost, and schedule.

Requirements

• Experience with vehicle systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrotechnical systems, flight controls, aircraft, or launch vehicle integration.
• Experience creating aerospace production drawings, work orders, shop work instructions, and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience with PDM systems, engineering change control, revision control, and release processes.
• Experience integrating aircraft or launch vehicle electrical power systems and working hands-on with aircraft structures and system installation.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes, multimeters, AC/DC power supplies, signal generators, 3D CAD, and Microsoft Office.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience; 2–5 years for Level II, 5–10 years for Senior Level, or 10–20 years for Staff Level. Ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance is required.

Nice to have

• 3D CAD modeling experience with NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks.
• Familiarity with configuration management systems, particularly Jira.

Culture & Benefits

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