Director of Machining (Aerospace)

Location: Centennial, Colorado, United States; onsite manufacturing role

Base salary: $178,000–$225,000 per year, plus potential equity, flexible PTO, and other benefits.

Company

hirify.global is developing a supersonic airliner and its engine, including complex aircraft and turbine components manufactured largely in-house.

What you will do

• Build and lead a team of machining cell managers, including organizational design, hiring, development, and performance standards.
• Own production output and schedule recovery across all machining cells.
• Partner with engineering on equipment commissioning, acceptance testing, first article inspection, and process qualification.
• Define the make-in-house strategy, sourcing decisions, and capabilities required to expand production.
• Influence part design and manufacturability before drawings are released.
• Set common standards for handoffs, escalation, process discipline, safety, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Experience leading managers or supervisors and being accountable for output through a leadership layer.
• Manufacturing or engineering background with substantial machining experience.
• Track record in high-mix, precision manufacturing involving complex parts, tight tolerances, and skilled trades.
• Experience managing difficult production schedules and recovering at-risk plans.
• Hiring experience in skilled-trades environments.
• Experience commissioning equipment or standing up new manufacturing capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership role in a fast-paced, ambitious aerospace manufacturing program.
• Opportunity to build a quality system and inspection infrastructure from the ground up.
• Direct impact on supersonic aircraft and next-generation turbine hardware.
• Flexible PTO, potential long-term incentives or equity, and other employee benefits.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals, or eligible to obtain required U.S. government authorizations under ITAR and EAR.