Lead, Manufacturing Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops launch vehicles, including the Terran R rocket, to deliver customer payloads to orbit and expand commercial launch capacity.

What you will do

• Design and commission test assets and systems for new and enhanced production testing capabilities.
• Manage a team of test engineers supporting Vehicle Integration and Test activities across major vehicle products.
• Author and optimize test sequences, plans, procedures, and operational processes for first-article development and high-volume production.
• Analyze test data, disposition recurring discrepancies, and lead multidisciplinary root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Define standardized processes that improve safety, data quality, and test repeatability.
• Provide hands-on shop-floor support and feedback for design for manufacturability, testability, and reparability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant technical experience with complex high-pressure pneumatic and high-voltage electrical systems.
• Experience authoring and executing test plans, pneumatic leak checks, sensor checkouts, high-voltage electrical checkouts, and integrated system testing.
• Experience designing and commissioning pneumatic and electrical test equipment.
• Experience leading failure and anomaly investigations, resolving non-conformances, and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of fluid, thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineering fundamentals, safety standards, test hazards, and mitigations.

Nice to have

• Experience in fast-paced lean environments, direct vendor engagement, tool development, or leading small teams through ambiguous build or test efforts.
• Familiarity with SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540D, or MIL-STD-810G.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle components such as regulators, check valves, orifices, and electromechanical or pneumatically actuated valves.
• Experience with test automation, data acquisition and control systems, and electrical or pneumatic test equipment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work spans aerospace manufacturing, vehicle integration, testing, and factory development.
• Collaboration with technicians, engineers, manufacturing partners, and external vendors.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.