Senior Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer (Avionics)

Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States; on-site. The role may require up to 100% travel.

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing defense technology startup developing autonomous, scalable, and decentralized defense platforms.

What you will do

• Lead supplier industrialization for avionics assemblies, PCBAs, cable harnesses, and related electrical hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Support avionics design reviews by identifying assembly, testability, component, soldering, routing, and harness-integration risks.
• Develop FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, acceptance criteria, and first article requirements.
• Assess supplier capabilities across SMT, through-hole assembly, soldering, conformal coating, cable fabrication, crimping, over-molding, and electrical testing.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process capability, and test-failure data.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations and support obsolescence, redesign, alternate-source, and supplier-transition activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, electronics engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of experience in supplier industrialization, electronics manufacturing, supplier quality, or avionics production.
• Experience with PCB assembly, cable and harness fabrication, electrical inspection, functional testing, FMEA, control plans, first article inspection, process validation, and structured corrective-action methods.
• Ability to evaluate supplier processes, identify technical risks, define practical controls, and communicate clearly with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States; the position participates in E-Verify.
• Access to export-controlled information may require authorization under U.S. export control laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, or other high-reliability electronics manufacturing.
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or comparable workmanship standards.
• Experience with SMT process development, automated optical inspection, X-ray inspection, boundary scan, environmental stress screening, or functional testing.
• Experience with supplier audits, special-process qualification, or aerospace and defense quality requirements.
• Experience supporting prototype-to-production transitions in a startup, high-growth manufacturing, or regulated hardware environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary with performance-based incentives and equity participation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off.
• Funding for continuing education, training, and professional development.
• Work in a fast-growing defense technology environment focused on manufacturing innovation and national security.