Staff Additive Welding Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$226,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets and advanced additive manufacturing technologies, including the Terran R launch vehicle and production systems for aerospace applications.

What you will do

• Lead the industrialization of additive welding technologies for robust, repeatable, production-ready flight hardware processes.
• Own the transition from development to production, including process architecture, controls, qualification strategy, and manufacturing readiness.
• Define data-driven process control strategies using process baselines, control limits, variation studies, and statistical methods.
• Serve as a technical authority for additive welding, equipment, materials, and manufacturing challenges.
• Lead technology maturation, evaluation, qualification, and deployment into production manufacturing systems.
• Guide cross-functional teams in aligning emerging technologies with product requirements, quality, reliability, automation, and performance goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Gas Metal Arc Welding additive manufacturing.
• Experience with robotic welding systems and working knowledge of industrial automation and control integration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills focused on process efficiency and quality improvement.
• High attention to detail and the ability to advance manufacturing technologies beyond their current capabilities.

Nice to have

• Materials science background and understanding of metallurgical behavior in welding applications.
• Expertise with Fronius welding systems.
• Experience developing process controls for cladding operations.
• Experience with process monitoring, data analytics, and closed-loop control strategies.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the intersection of hardware and software with welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers.
• Contribute to advanced manufacturing R&D and its industrialization for aerospace applications.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Environment emphasizing autonomy, ownership, technical rigor, and cross-functional impact.