Vehicle Simulation Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $126,000–$188,000 USD annually

Company

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

What you will do

• Integrate design data into full simulations of customer missions.
• Develop and use software tools to optimize launch and orbital trajectories.
• Lead interdisciplinary design trade analyses for vehicle design, mission trajectories, and concepts of operations.
• Define and maintain high-level vehicle and trajectory design requirements.
• Implement, maintain, and improve simulation and analysis software across multiple programming languages.
• Establish cross-functional collaboration with Vehicle Engineering teams.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in engineering, computer science, physics, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of relevant full-time experience solving complex problems from first principles.
• Direct experience with rocketry, space systems, or similarly complex hardware systems.
• Strong proficiency in high-level programming languages such as Python, Julia, or MATLAB.
• Experience setting up complex simulation processes.
• Ability to own projects end to end and work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with launch vehicle trajectory design and optimization.
• Leadership experience on complex multidisciplinary engineering analysis projects.
• Previous startup experience.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and dependency management.

Culture & Benefits

• Work involves autonomy, ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and direct product impact.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.