Fluids Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite. Travel for vehicle test support is required, including extended travel of up to one month for final vehicle testing.

Salary: $112,340–$230,472 USD per year, depending on level and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations for microgravity research, manufacturing, and permanent human presence in space.

What you will do

• Design, build, and commission fluid-system ground support equipment and test stands.
• Develop and execute test plans for vehicle checkouts, fluid systems, instrumentation, and high-pressure testing.
• Act as test director, provide status updates, and lead handoff meetings.
• Conduct PDRs, CDRs, and TRRs before design and test execution.
• Create mechanical, fluid, and instrumentation schematics and document non-conformances.
• Collaborate with engineers, subject-matter experts, technicians, and quality teams to solve complex system problems and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, electrical, or a similar engineering field.
• 4+ years of related engineering experience with hands-on hardware integration and testing.
• Experience working with technicians, running multi-person operations, and writing test plans and procedures.
• Ability to provide go/no-go judgments with clear rationale and to troubleshoot new and existing systems.
• Must be a U.S. person under U.S. export-control regulations or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.
• Ability to work varying shifts, extended hours, weekends, and travel for vehicle test support as needed; physical ability to work in tight spaces and lift up to 25 lbs unassisted.

Nice to have

• Experience with pressure testing, fluid-system design, proof and leak checks, and high-pressure gas systems.
• Knowledge of ASME B31.3, D.O.O., API, NFPA, SMC-S-016, GEVS NASA-STD-7000a, and MIL-STD-810G.
• Experience with instrumentation, precision measurement devices, DAQ systems, closed-loop control, and P&ID development.
• Experience with structural design and analysis of test fixtures, NX, Teamcenter, SVN, Git, Smartsheet, MS Project, JIRA, or Confluence.
• Experience performing structured root-cause analysis and working across cross-functional engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, hardware-rich environment focused on safely executing space-station development.
• Full-time employees receive company equity and medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Additional benefits include ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, food perks, subsidized lunch, snacks, coffee, drinks, and dinner meals.