Harness Design Engineer I/II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based at hirify.global's global headquarters

Base salary: $82,400–$126,000 USD annually. Total compensation, including equity: $89,350–$143,625 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical space systems for commercial, civil, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Design and support spacecraft electrical harness layouts, including connectors, backshells, wires, shielding, split locations, and lengths.
• Generate connector pinout tables from spacecraft interconnect diagrams and maintain harness bills of materials in the PLM system.
• Create documentation for electrical system schematics and harness designs.
• Develop test plans and procedures for avionics subsystems and components.
• Analyze and evaluate avionics circuits to improve performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support electronic assembly design and represent the avionics electrical engineering team in internal and customer-facing reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with electrical engineering or avionics for the Engineer I level.
• At least 2 years of electrical engineering or avionics experience for the Engineer II level.
• For work in the United States, eligibility to access ITAR-regulated technology is required: U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylum status, or eligibility to obtain the required government authorizations.
• Ability to work in production areas with occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes, and to spend prolonged periods sitting, standing, walking, and working at a computer.

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline.
• Aerospace or defense industry experience, including satellite development or operations.
• Experience with LTspice, Altium, Siemens Teamcenter, JAMA, or electrical subsystem testing.
• Knowledge of space environment, orbital mechanics, rigid body dynamics, power electronics, communication interfaces, signal integrity, grounding, instrumentation, and sensors.
• Experience with thermal vacuum, random vibration, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment focused on innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and complex space missions.
• Company stock, an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount, and equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and a zero-cost HDHP option with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include subsidized EV charging, fitness and gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.