Composite Manufacturing Engineer

Location: San Francisco, United States; in-office five days per week is essential

Salary: $150K–$190K annually

Company

hirify.global is a vertically integrated aerospace company developing supersonic aircraft, dual-use propulsion systems, and high-speed flight hardware.

What you will do

• Establish the airframe manufacturing operation from the ground up, including facilities, workflows, tooling, equipment, and consumables.
• Translate engineering drawings, analyses, requirements, CAD models, and ply books into executable manufacturing plans.
• Coordinate composite layup, bonding, curing, trimming, assembly, repair, and rework activities.
• Develop and continuously improve manufacturing processes, build sequences, tooling approaches, and process documentation.
• Maintain a hands-on production-floor presence while collaborating with design, tooling, quality, production, supply chain, suppliers, and technicians.
• Create manufacturing instructions, develop tools and fixtures, support inspections, and drive improvements in throughput and quality.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in high-variability composite manufacturing, including prototyping and airframe fabrication.
• Hands-on experience with prepreg and wet layup, bonding, curing, trimming, repair, drilling, fastening, and composite-to-metal interfaces.
• Experience developing complex composite or aerostructure manufacturing processes from the ground up and building or scaling development or flight-hardware operations.
• Proficiency in an industry-standard CAD system, preferably NX; experience with composite tooling, assembly fixtures, GD&T, DFM, PLM or MES, and CAM systems.
• Experience with quality inspection, dimensional measurement, NDI, destructive and non-destructive testing, first article inspections, CMM or laser trackers.
• Experience with laser projection, CNC ply cutting, AFP/ATL systems, large structures, mechanical systems, and aircraft or spacecraft integration is relevant to the role.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interdisciplinary environment with a flat structure and strong engineering focus.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 401(k) program and stock option plan.
• Flexible time off with PTO, paid holidays, and sick time.
• Flexible work environment within an in-office work model.