Senior Vehicle Certification Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite

Salary: $140,000–$195,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles and propulsion systems for orbital transport, constellation deployment, precision reentry, and missions beyond Low Earth Orbit.

What you will do

• Develop systems for documenting customer interactions, feedback, approvals, and acceptance.
• Build and optimize engineering process flows for customer deliverables.
• Analyze government and commercial customer requirements and standards for compatibility with vehicle product lines.
• Perform verification analyses and lead or participate in customer-supported tests and demonstrations.
• Explain vehicle design and functionality to customers and independently answer technical questions.
• Improve engineering, manufacturing, and management systems while supporting launch and mission operations as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science.
• 5+ years of experience in an aerospace field.
• Direct experience with the design, manufacturing, analysis, and testing of liquid propulsion systems, launch systems, or spacecraft.
• Knowledge of fluids, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, and materials.
• Experience with primary, pressurized, welded, thermal-insulated, and secondary vehicle structures.
• Ability to take project ownership and work collaboratively.

Nice to have

• Experience as a Responsible Engineer for a vehicle or subassembly across the full hardware development lifecycle.
• Experience with requirements development and verification, engineering design, hardware production, testing, evaluation, and test documentation.
• Experience with NASA or USSF spacecraft and launch vehicle certification or engineering standards.
• Background in design engineering, mission management, production and test, launch and mission operations, flight testing, systems integration, or project management.
• Excellent communication skills and a focus on customer satisfaction.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct collaboration with vehicle engineering, mission management, and customer teams.
• Work on in-space transportation vehicles and critical flight systems.
• Onsite work in Redondo Beach.

Hiring process

• Application review and resume screening.
• Introductory and technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview followed by an offer.