Mission Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Salary: $115,000–$165,000 base salary per year plus equity

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms for missions ranging from low Earth orbit to deep space, serving commercial and U.S. government customers.

What you will do

• Define, mature, and negotiate spacecraft mission concepts, architectures, and concepts of operations.
• Support payload integration studies, mission analysis, system architecture trades, and system integration designs.
• Develop technical documentation covering system architectures, payload interfaces, spacecraft capabilities, and requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical interface for early customer engagements, technical exchanges, study reviews, and negotiations.
• Coordinate cross-functional studies with vehicle engineering, avionics, software, propulsion, thermal, and AI&T teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in the aerospace or space industry working with spacecraft or space systems.
• Direct experience designing, developing, integrating, or testing spacecraft or space systems.
• Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, space system architectures, and mission modeling and simulation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export-control license.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or higher in an engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of aerospace or space industry experience, including work with spacecraft, launch vehicles, airborne systems, or payloads.
• Experience with National Security customers and systems.
• Satellite constellation modeling, simulation, and analysis experience, including multibody dynamics.
• Payload performance modeling and analysis or experience with national security ground systems and architectures.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Culture & Benefits

• High-growth Series D-funded environment focused on mass-producing high-power satellite platforms.
• Paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company and additional employee benefits.
• Accommodation support is available during the application and interview process.