Applications Engineer (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: Mesa, Arizona, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous factories that combine AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing for aerospace and defense production.

What you will do

• Develop machining processes for complex aerospace and defense components, including machining strategy, tooling, workholding, probing, and inspection.
• Take 0-to-1 New Product Introduction parts from drawings through production for new customers, materials, and part families.
• Build automation, process-control, and software workflows that reduce operator and engineering intervention.
• Set machine, tooling, and process standards for adoption across multiple hirify.global factories.
• Diagnose production failures across process, equipment, software, and operational causes, then implement lasting standard changes.
• Collaborate with CAM, CNC Controls, Robotics, Software, Quality, and Operations teams on factory launches, machine bring-up, and production stabilization.

Requirements

• Track record of solving difficult manufacturing problems and building technical systems that work reliably in production.
• Depth in one or two areas such as machining, manufacturing engineering, automation, robotics, metrology, simulation, tooling, or manufacturing software.
• Working knowledge of machining fundamentals, including tooling, workholding, GD&T, inspection, and process validation.
• Ability to trace problems across process, equipment, software, and operational causes.
• Clear written and verbal communication with machinists, engineers, and factory leadership.
• Must meet U.S. Government ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Multi-axis CNC machining, mill-turn, or production experience with titanium and Inconel.
• CAM programming with hyperMILL, NX, Mastercam, or similar platforms, and macro programming on Heidenhain or Fanuc controllers.
• Experience with automated metrology, in-process inspection, statistical process control, load monitoring, or tool-life monitoring.
• Experience with palletized automation, robotic machine tending, lights-out production, Python, version control, production data analysis, simulation, or FEA.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical, energy, or similarly demanding environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Equity participation.
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.