Senior Electrical Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States; onsite at the hirify.global Optical Systems site

Company

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

What you will do

• Own the complete lifecycle of avionics hardware for command and control of electro-optical systems.
• Lead architecture decisions for EO sensors supporting LEO, GEO, and cislunar missions.
• Design and integrate electronics including FPGAs, microcontrollers, low-noise ADC/DAC systems, and VPX systems at CCA and module level.
• Develop payload designs integrating motor controllers, processing units, imagers, and cryptographic devices.
• Perform schematic capture and PCBA layout using Altium Designer, and plan design verification and system integration testing.
• Lead environmental qualification, failure analysis, production support, design reviews, supplier collaboration, and technical mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of electrical hardware design experience and the ability to develop blank-sheet design concepts.
• Experience with PCBA design using FPGAs.
• Knowledge of processors, FPGAs, switch-mode power supplies, communication interfaces, and analog instrumentation.
• Strong analog electronics design background and proficiency with SPICE and Excel for circuit analysis.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements; work on U.S. office programs is subject to ITAR eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with electronic laboratory equipment, space-environment electronics, radiation mitigation, and high-reliability aerospace design.
• Experience with TVAC, shock, vibration, EMI/EMC testing, PCBA verification, and validation.
• Experience with rigid-flex PCBs, electromechanical design, FPGA development, or embedded software for ARM processors.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on real spacecraft, payloads, and avionics hardware for ambitious space missions.
• Collaborate across electrical, systems, mechanical, thermal, optical, and software engineering disciplines.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment focused on innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and delivery.
• Support meaningful missions for NASA, defense, national security, and other space customers.