Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Rosslyn, Virginia, or remote from San Diego, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; or Ogden, Utah. Up to 30% travel is required for customer-site integrations and testing.

Base salary: $143,000–$156,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides an observability platform for onboard operational technology, supporting cybersecurity, predictive maintenance, and compliance across defense, aerospace, rail, and other critical infrastructure.

What you will do

• Define and execute the integration of software, hardware, operating systems, networks, tactical radio/RF communications, encryption, cabling, and environmental qualification into customer platforms.
• Own system-level technical baselines, requirements decomposition, traceability, compliance tracking, and configuration management.
• Develop and deliver formal systems engineering and CDRL artifacts, including verification plans, architecture and design documents, configuration management artifacts, and technical manuals.
• Lead cross-disciplinary system architecture decisions across software, hardware, cyber, data science, platform, and integration teams.
• Define verification strategies, acceptance criteria, and testing using analysis, inspection, demonstration, hardware-in-the-loop, and software-in-the-loop methods.
• Act as the technical interface for customer engineering teams, program management offices, certification authorities, and formal design reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems, integration, or software engineering, preferably in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronics.
• Experience with government acquisition documentation and data item descriptions, including SRD, SRS, IDD, ICD, SDD, and CSA.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management, Linux/Unix integration, TCP/IP networking, routing, VLANs, radio/RF communications, encryption protocols, and hardware/cabling integration.
• Experience with system verification methods, hardware-in-the-loop laboratories, and software-in-the-loop environments.
• Active security clearance and the ability to work from the specified U.S. locations are required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with DO-178 and DO-254 design standards.
• Familiarity with AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work and remote work policy.
• Bonus program and equity in a growing startup.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Uncapped paid time off and tax-deferred public transit benefits through Metro SmartBenefits.