Optomechanical 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: $120,000–$210,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms and optical payloads for missions ranging from low Earth orbit to deep space.

What you will do

• Design optomechanical assemblies, including optical benches, mirror mounts, lens cells, and support structures, from concept through qualification and on-orbit operations.
• Develop mounting and alignment schemes for lenses and mirrors using kinematic and semi-kinematic mounts, flexures, and bonded interfaces.
• Design mirror support structures for jitter, dynamic stability, mount-induced deformation, and thermal stability.
• Own optical alignment and stability budgets and translate wavefront and pointing decisions into mechanical requirements.
• Lead design reviews and drive hardware development through assembly, alignment, vibration, thermal-vacuum, modal testing, analysis correlation, and iteration.
• Collaborate with optical, thermal, structural, GNC, metrology, and manufacturing engineering teams on requirements, processes, deliverables, and schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, optical, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in mechanics-focused mechanical or optomechanical design and analysis.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD software for detailed part and assembly design.
• Hands-on experience mounting lenses and mirrors and designing the structures that support them.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Siemens NX, STOP analysis, and experience closing pointing or wavefront error budgets.
• Experience designing, building, and testing aerospace optomechanical or opto-structural hardware.
• Experience with flexures, optical bonding, kinematic mounts, FEA, structural dynamics, and thermal-elastic analysis.
• Practical experience with GD&T and tolerancing of precision optical interfaces.
• Ability to design, build, align, test, troubleshoot, and iterate hardware independently.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on spacecraft and optical payloads intended for missions from MEO and GEO to cislunar space and deep space.
• High-growth Series D company with plans to scale production to 100 satellites per year.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company.
• Employment practices based on merit, competence, and qualifications, with reasonable accommodations available during the application and interview process.