Senior Dynamics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States. The role involves access to ITAR-controlled information and requires U.S. person status or eligibility for a federally issued export control license.

Base salary: $140,000–$175,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops and mass-produces high-power satellite platforms for commercial and U.S. government missions from low Earth orbit to deep space.

What you will do

• Define and execute dynamic testing for components, subsystems, vehicles, and stacks, including planning, coordination, analysis, and model correlation.
• Develop time- and frequency-domain physics models using finite element analysis and Python-based simulation tools.
• Derive loads, vibration, shock, jitter, acoustic environments, response limits, and dynamics-driven design and test criteria.
• Own coupled loads analysis, including superelement and Craig-Bampton model development for ascent and on-orbit environments.
• Lead jitter, pointing, GNC-coupled, vibroacoustic, modal, and acoustic analysis and testing.
• Provide data-driven engineering guidance, perform code reviews, and document tests, simulations, and engineering insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics.
• 5+ years of professional or academic experience in dynamics.
• Experience developing and analyzing spacecraft dynamics models, tests, or simulation workflows.
• Must meet ITAR export-control eligibility requirements as a U.S. person or be eligible for a federally issued export control license.
• Ability to solve complex problems independently and communicate analysis and test insights clearly.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering, physics, or mathematics discipline.
• Experience with Nastran or FEMAP, Python software development, digital signal processing, statistics, and structural mechanics.
• Experience with coupled loads analysis, Craig-Bampton model reduction, jitter and pointing analysis, Monte Carlo methods, or GNC-coupled dynamics.
• Experience with multibody dynamics, vibroacoustic analysis, HALT/HASS testing, or dynamics-driven PCBA failure mechanisms.
• Experience maintaining shared analysis tooling with version control and continuous integration.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment within a high-growth, Series D-funded aerospace company.
• Paid time off and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company and additional employee benefits.
• Non-traditional career paths and varied professional backgrounds are encouraged.