Spacecraft Operations Engineer II

Location: Onsite at hirify.global headquarters in Long Beach, California, United States

Base salary: $94,400–$129,800 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $104,475–$147,425 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global builds rockets, spacecraft, and critical space systems for commercial, exploration, national security, and defense missions.

What you will do

• Operate and maintain the health, safety, and performance of satellite fleets through commissioning, orbit raising, routine operations, and potential re-entry.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain ground software, operational scripts, flight software sequences, telemetry configurations, and FDIR processes.
• Maintain continuous integration and testing for operational code, and develop test methods and data analysis.
• Validate spacecraft behavior using flatsat, hardware-in-the-loop, and other spacecraft simulation tools.
• Support AIT teams during spacecraft integration tests, including TVAC, propulsion stack, and DITL activities.
• Develop mission requirements, interface specifications, CONOPS, design documentation, and verification activities while coordinating with engineering teams in Long Beach and Auckland.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in software, computer, electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or another technical engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of direct experience in space mission design, satellite subsystems, ground systems, spacecraft command and control, or spacecraft operations.
• Knowledge of spacecraft subsystems, including attitude determination and control, electrical power, space-ground communications, command and data handling, and thermal control.
• Understanding of the space environment, orbital mechanics, and rigid-body dynamics.
• Software development experience in Python, Ruby, C, C++, or another high-level language.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance and meet U.S. ITAR work-authorization requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in engineering.
• Experience with spacecraft operations, satellite system design, or satellite ground systems.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, software-in-the-loop, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on vertically integrated spacecraft, components, and software for ambitious space missions.
• Employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount and company equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, dependent care, disability, and life insurance plans.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and parental leave, plus a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include EV charging, fitness facilities or gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.