Environmental Test Specialist (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Hiring range: $36.80–$55.20 USD per hour

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, including the Terran R launch vehicle, to deliver customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Lead hands-on environmental testing operations for Terran R avionics development and production hardware.
• Execute qualification and acceptance test procedures with minimal supervision while maintaining safe, repeatable, and efficient operations.
• Set up, instrument, operate, troubleshoot, and tear down vibration tables, shock systems, and thermal chambers.
• Configure data acquisition systems and use accelerometers, thermocouples, and related instrumentation to collect test data.
• Support test readiness, fixture setup, hardware integration, and configuration control for flight and development hardware.
• Organize and communicate test data while collaborating with test, avionics, manufacturing, and quality teams on anomalies and hardware disposition.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting environmental testing operations in aerospace, defense, electronics, or other high-reliability hardware environments.
• Independent experience executing acceptance testing and environmental test procedures with minimal supervision.
• Strong understanding of vibration, shock, and/or thermal testing, including setup, instrumentation, and hardware handling.
• Experience operating thermal chambers, vibration systems, accelerometers, thermocouples, and data acquisition systems.
• Ability to interpret test procedures, engineering drawings, schematics, and hardware requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.

Nice to have

• Engineering degree.
• Experience with aerospace flight hardware qualification testing.
• Familiarity with SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540, DO-160, or similar aerospace standards.
• Experience in development and production-rate environmental testing.
• Experience with test scheduling, MES/ERP systems, or digital test documentation workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside avionics, manufacturing, quality, and other engineering functions on rocket development.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Paid time off, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Emphasis on safety, technical rigor, workmanship, and accurate documentation.