Senior Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $148,000–$222,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, launch systems, and manufacturing capabilities, including the Terran R vehicle for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Collaborate with design teams to integrate vehicle data into full simulations of customer missions.
• Develop and use software tooling to optimize launch and orbital trajectories.
• Lead interdisciplinary design trade analyses for vehicle, mission trajectory, and ConOps decisions.
• Define and maintain high-level vehicle and trajectory design requirements.
• Implement, maintain, and improve simulation capabilities and analysis utilities 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 2 years 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, including complex simulation processes.
• Ability to deliver projects with end-to-end ownership and substantial independence.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced and intense startup environment.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomy, ownership, and direct impact on the product and engineering decisions.
• Cross-functional work across propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and other technical domains.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Opportunity to work on Terran R across the product lifecycle, from conceptual design through post-flight data review.