Thermal Fluids Design Reliability Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite. The role requires eligibility under U.S. export-control regulations as a U.S. person or eligibility for a deemed export license.

Salary: $162,360–$265,392 USD per year in California.

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations, including the Haven-1 human-rated space station, for research, manufacturing, and a permanent human presence in space.

What you will do

• Guide the design of thermal, environmental control, and life support systems for Haven-1.
• Lead technical reviews of mechanical designs, analyses, manufacturing drawings, test plans, and concepts of operations.
• Drive FMEA and fault-tree analysis across engineering systems to identify and reduce failure risks.
• Define and review verification, validation, acceptance, and qualification test campaigns.
• Partner with hardware, manufacturing, configuration management, risk management, and software teams to maintain design intent and traceability.
• Develop engineering standards, reliability checklists, review frameworks, and tools supporting design decisions and risk analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in responsible engineering, design ownership, systems integration, test engineering, or reliability-focused development.
• Experience with complex aerospace, spacecraft, aircraft, launch-vehicle, mission-critical, or safety-critical systems.
• Hands-on experience designing, assembling, integrating, or testing hardware.
• Strong systems-level judgment and the ability to identify and communicate risks early.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing under U.S. export-control regulations.

Nice to have

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in responsible engineering, systems engineering, Office of the Chief Engineer, or reliability engineering roles.
• Knowledge of fracture control, reliability methodologies, or human-rated hardware standards.
• Experience creating engineering standards, review templates, or technical guidance frameworks.
• Strong scripting and data analysis skills with Python, MATLAB, or Excel, plus familiarity with visualization tools such as Tableau.

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, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) plan.
• Food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner, and subsidized lunch.
• Willingness to work overtime or weekends during critical mission milestones is required.