Stage Development Engineer II, Vehicle Build (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; travel to test and launch sites is required, with shifted schedules or weekend work possible during critical milestones.

Salary: $109,000–$163,000 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R rockets and the manufacturing systems needed to deliver customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Balance technical, cost, and schedule constraints while evaluating scenarios and proposing vehicle development solutions.
• Own verification activities for vehicle integration, testing, and launch-site checkouts.
• Follow the vehicle through its lifecycle to maintain consistency in build quality and processes.
• Drive qualification, acceptance, and hotfire test campaigns by writing and reviewing objectives, matrices, and test plans.
• Enable manufacturing scale-up by owning defined off-nominal work scopes.
• Collaborate across mechanical, fluids, avionics, manufacturing, testing, and launch functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical aptitude and a basic understanding of mechanical, fluids, and avionics disciplines.
• Ability to travel to test and launch sites and support shifted schedules or weekend work during critical milestones.

Nice to have

• Graduate degree in engineering or a related field.
• Experience with aerospace ERP systems and technical planning.
• Experience designing, manufacturing, assembling, and testing complex aerospace systems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical problems clearly to broader audiences.
• Leadership or coordination experience in multidisciplinary engineering projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a high-visibility, high-impact systems engineering environment.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.