Manager, Stage Materials & Processes Engineering (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$224,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R launch vehicles, rockets, and manufacturing systems for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop the Stage Materials and Processes Engineering team.
• Own materials and processes engineering for Terran R stage systems across development, design, manufacturing, and reuse.
• Collaborate with Vehicle Engineering, Materials Lab, Weld Development, NDE, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.
• Manage manufacturing dispositions, risk mitigation, and root cause and corrective action activities.
• Set standards for technical excellence, leadership, and team communication.
• Support operating plans, budgeting, headcount, and staffing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science, engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant materials and processes engineering experience.
• Experience with materials and processes qualification, failure analysis, experimental design, and allowables development.
• 2+ years of demonstrated leadership in a technically excellent, empathetic, and inclusive role.
• Accountable, collaborative, and action-oriented approach.

Nice to have

• Experience across the full launch vehicle product lifecycle.
• Experience with launch vehicle stage products, including primary structures, mechanisms, fluid systems, or avionics.
• Experience with aluminum, nickel-based and stainless-steel materials, friction stir welding, arc fusion welding, or structural composites.
• Experience with fatigue and damage tolerance, corrosion, tribology, or oxygen compatibility.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Collaborative culture emphasizing autonomy, ownership, accountability, inclusion, and technical rigor.