Test Engineer, Structures Test (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Long Beach, California, United States; travel to the Mojave test site approximately 25% of the time. Variable hours, extended hours, and weekend work may be required. U.S. export-control eligibility is required: the candidate must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $112,340–$195,552 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations and spacecraft to support continuous human presence in space, microgravity research, manufacturing, and a new space economy.

What you will do

• Develop and execute primary and secondary structures testing for the Haven-1 space station.
• Design, analyze, manufacture, and operate test stands and complete test-system setups.
• Plan and execute test campaigns with responsible engineers, design engineers, technicians, Manufacturing, Integration, and Avionics teams.
• Create traceable electrical, mechanical, and fluid documentation, including schematics and P&IDs.
• Lead Test Readiness Reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, and Critical Design Reviews before designs and tests begin.
• Mentor engineers and technicians while improving test processes, safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in an engineering environment such as testing, launch, or manufacturing.
• Experience designing and executing environmental tests using standards such as SMC-S-016, GEVS NASA-STD-7000A, or MIL-STD-810G.
• Experience with test plans, procedures, instrumentation, precision sensors, data acquisition hardware and software, and structural test-fixture design and analysis.
• Experience with hydraulic or pressure control systems, high-pressure gas systems, root-cause analysis, CAD, version-control, PLM, project-management, and collaboration tools.
• Must be able to work onsite in Long Beach, travel to Mojave approximately 25% of the time, work variable or extended hours and weekends when needed, and meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, mental healthcare, and additional discounts.
• Onsite food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner, and subsidized lunch.
• Fast-paced, rapidly changing environment with opportunities to improve systems and implement new ideas.