Harness Design Engineer II (Aerospace)

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

Salary: $100,800–$126,000 USD base salary annually; total compensation including equity is $110,875–$143,625 USD annually

Company

hirify.global is an 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 harnesses, including layouts, connectors, backshells, wire selection, shielding, split locations, and lengths.
• Generate connector pinout tables from spacecraft interconnect diagrams.
• Create and maintain harness bills of materials in the product lifecycle management system.
• Prepare electrical system schematics and harness design documentation for spacecraft engineering and CAD development.
• Develop avionics subsystem and component test plans and procedures, and perform circuit analysis for performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Represent avionics electrical engineering in internal and customer-facing design reviews and support multidisciplinary satellite assembly design.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of electrical engineering or avionics experience.
• U.S. citizenship or other eligibility under applicable U.S. space technology export regulations is required for U.S. office roles.
• Ability to work in production areas with prolonged sitting, standing, walking, and computer work, with occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in engineering and experience in aerospace, defense, satellite development, or satellite operations.
• Experience with LTspice, Altium, Siemens software such as Teamcenter, or requirements management tools such as Jama.
• Experience testing electrical subsystems, including thermal vacuum, random vibration, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Knowledge of power electronics, communication interfaces, signal integrity, grounding, instrumentation, and sensors.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock participation and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on innovation, tight deadlines, multidisciplinary teamwork, and space missions.