Space Datacenter Architect

Location: On-site in San Carlos, California, United States

Salary: $240,000–$340,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is building satellite infrastructure for the orbital economy, including space-based energy generation, optical data transmission, and on-orbit compute.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end Space Datacenter architecture across hardware, firmware, software, and fault management.
• Translate mission and customer workloads into requirements, interfaces, performance targets, technical budgets, and acceptance criteria.
• Define node and cluster architectures, failure domains, graceful degradation, provisioning, orchestration, observability, updates, fault isolation, and autonomous recovery.
• Drive quantitative trade studies across throughput, power, thermal margins, radiation risk, mass, cost, manufacturability, and schedule.
• Lead architecture reviews, resolve cross-functional conflicts, maintain requirements traceability, and communicate technical risks to engineering and company leadership.
• Establish the baseline architecture, lead an integrated prototype, and deliver the qualification and flight-readiness framework.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience architecting complex compute or integrated hardware/software systems.
• Experience taking multidisciplinary systems from requirements through integration and validation.
• Experience with GPU, AI, HPC, or other accelerator-based systems at server, rack, or cluster scale.
• Strong technical judgment across compute hardware, networking, storage, power, cooling, firmware, and infrastructure software.
• Ability to make high-consequence decisions using quantitative trade studies and test evidence.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Applicants must meet applicable U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience designing or operating large GPU or HPC clusters.
• Spaceflight, radiation, qualification, or other non-serviceable-system experience.
• High-density liquid cooling and high-power electrical-distribution experience.
• Experience with high-performance fabrics, AI storage, workload orchestration, platform architecture, or supplier ecosystems.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity in hirify.global.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, paid time off, and 10 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave and relocation assistance, if applicable.
• Daily office lunch and a stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks.