Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer (Composites and Castings)

Location: On-site in Huntington Beach, California, United States; up to 100% travel may be required.

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing defense technology startup developing next-generation autonomous and decentralized defense platforms.

What you will do

• Lead supplier industrialization for mechanical components, composite structures, castings, and related hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Translate mechanical design intent into capable material, tooling, molding, casting, finishing, inspection, and production processes.
• Develop FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, acceptance criteria, and process-validation plans.
• Assess supplier capabilities across composite fabrication, casting, heat treatment, finishing, non-destructive inspection, and dimensional inspection.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process capability, material, and inspection data.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations and support alternate-source, redesign, obsolescence, and supplier-transition activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, materials, or manufacturing engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10 or more years of experience in supplier industrialization, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, composites, castings, or related mechanical hardware.
• Experience with composite fabrication, casting processes, mechanical drawings, GD&T, inspection methods, or material and process controls.
• 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; employment may require authorization to receive EAR- or ITAR-controlled technology without export-license sponsorship.
• On-site work in Huntington Beach, California, with up to 100% travel.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, defense, propulsion, automotive, or other high-reliability mechanical hardware.
• Experience with autoclave or out-of-autoclave composites, prepreg, resin infusion, compression molding, or bonded structures.
• Experience with investment casting, sand casting, precision castings, heat treatment, machining allowances, or casting simulation.
• Experience with NDI/NDT, material certification, special-process qualification, or aerospace and defense quality requirements.
• Experience with prototype-to-production transitions, FMEA, control plans, first article inspection, process validation, and structured corrective-action methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary with performance-based incentives and equity participation.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings plan and paid time off.
• Funding for continuing education, training, and professional development.
• Startup environment focused on rapid manufacturing innovation and national security.