Senior Aerostructures Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Dallas, Texas or San Diego, California, United States

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation autonomous aircraft, including UAV platforms.

What you will do

• Design and develop primary and secondary structural components and assemblies for autonomous UAV platforms.
• Execute the full design lifecycle from conceptual development and CAD modeling through detailed design and drawing release.
• Perform hand calculations for stress and strain and support basic FEA analysis.
• Collaborate with aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, payload, manufacturing, and flight test teams on airframe integration.
• Support coupon, subcomponent, and system-level structural testing, including failure analysis and design iteration.
• Produce drawings, interface definitions, analysis reports, and other aerospace design documentation while supporting hardware through testing and deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in aircraft structural design or aerospace structures.
• Experience designing and releasing structural components in development or production environments.
• Working knowledge of composite and metallic structures, fasteners, bonded joints, load paths, GD&T, tolerance stackups, and DFMA principles.
• Proficiency with CAD tools such as NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or similar.
• Strong technical communication skills and the ability to work in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments.

Nice to have

• Ability to obtain an S//SAR-level security clearance.
• M.S. degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with UAV, DoD, or aerospace vehicle programs and aerospace standards such as MIL-STD, ASME Y14.5, or FAA requirements.
• Experience with composite design and manufacturing methods.
• Experience using FEA tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, or similar for linear structural analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position.
• Hands-on design work with increasing ownership of flight-critical aircraft structures.
• Cross-functional collaboration across mechanical engineering, manufacturing, flight test, and aircraft systems teams.