Senior Project Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Lone Tree, Colorado, United States; primarily office or hybrid. Occasional travel to customer or field locations may be required, including potentially hazardous project sites.

Estimated starting salary: $189,761.74–$260,922.39 per year, with annual performance-based incentive pay.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, aviation, and national security technologies, including manned and unmanned aircraft systems and C4ISR capabilities.

What you will do

• Lead Integrated Product Team planning and execution for complex missile subsystem development and integration.
• Coordinate seeker, datalink, flight computer, GNC, and HWIL engineering teams to align development schedules.
• Align subsystem roadmaps with system-level development milestones and oversee interface compatibility.
• Review ICDs, performance models, simulation results, and HWIL test plans.
• Lead resolution of multidisciplinary issues involving seeker performance, datalink communications, flight computing, GNC modeling, and embedded software.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical direction to engineering teams and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field; a higher relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, including at least 4 years in a leadership role.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary integration efforts for missile or guided-weapon systems.
• Hands-on subsystem integration experience with seeker sensors, datalinks, flight computers, or GNC algorithms.
• Working knowledge of HWIL architectures, test planning and execution, requirements decomposition, interface definition, and model or data validation.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience as an IPT lead or subsystem integration lead on aerospace or defense programs.
• Master’s degree and 6–8 years of leadership or project management experience.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink GNC models, HWIL test environments, or missile guidance and endgame performance.
• INCOSE experience or certification and familiarity with technical proposals, estimates, cost, schedule management, and trade studies.
• Background in seeker algorithms, sensor fusion, datalink performance analysis, or embedded flight computing architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, mission-focused environment supporting aerospace and national security programs.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) with a 150% match up to 6%.
• Life insurance and three weeks of paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement and performance-based annual incentive pay.