Senior Manager, Systems Engineering (eVTOL)

Location: On-site at the headquarters in Palo Alto, California; applicants must be eligible for employment in the United States.

Company

hirify.global designs, develops, and manufactures light electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for consumer, public service, and defense applications.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor the Systems Engineering team across requirements, systems integration, and verification activities.
• Own aircraft and subsystem requirements management in JAMA, including decomposition, allocation, traceability, baselines, change management, and verification closure.
• Lead aircraft-level verification and validation plans, compliance matrices, test requirements, and verification reports.
• Define system architecture, functional allocation, subsystem interfaces, and Interface Control Documents.
• Drive technical integration across GNC, embedded software, electrical, battery, propulsion, aeromechanical, manufacturing, and flight-test teams.
• Support technical reviews, aircraft bring-up, troubleshooting, ground testing, and flight-test readiness while embedding system safety and failure behavior into development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, computer, or systems engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of engineering experience developing complex multidisciplinary systems, with technical leadership or people-management experience.
• Strong experience with requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, and verification; experience with JAMA, DOORS, Polarion, Codebeamer, or similar tools.
• Experience developing system architectures, managing subsystem interfaces and ICDs, and integrating complex hardware and software systems through test and release.
• Technical depth in at least one relevant discipline, such as aircraft design, mechanical or electrical systems, embedded software, controls/GNC, autonomy, propulsion, or system integration and test.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead and influence cross-functional technical teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace, spacecraft, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other safety-critical electromechanical products.
• Experience with HIL/SIL, aircraft ground testing, flight testing, system safety, or structured aerospace development processes.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site collaboration at the Palo Alto headquarters.
• Safety-focused, cross-functional, high-performance working environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Equal opportunity employment based on qualifications, merit, and business need.