Senior Electrical Engineer II (Robotics)

Location: Pasadena, California, United States; onsite role

Base salary: $141,800–$212,600 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $174,300–$269,875 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global builds rockets, spacecraft, critical subsystems, and robotic systems for planetary exploration and satellite programs.

What you will do

• Own electrical hardware development for robotics and motor-control applications from requirements definition through design, prototyping, testing, production, and delivery.
• Drive architecture decisions for microcontroller-based systems and develop PCBA requirements with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Perform schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, debugging, design verification, and system integration testing.
• Lead environmental testing, including EMI/EMC, thermal-vacuum, shock, and vibration testing.
• Select electronic components, manage engineering bills of material, and support sourcing, supplier selection, procurement, and production readiness.
• Guide design-for-manufacturability and testability, mentor support engineers, and lead failure analysis and root-cause investigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 8 years of electrical hardware design experience and the ability to develop blank-sheet design concepts.
• Experience with motor-control applications, analog signal chains, SPICE circuit analysis, board bring-up, and debugging.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• U.S. office roles are subject to ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, refugee or asylum status, or applicable government authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with field-oriented control, switch-mode power supplies, space electronics, radiation effects, SEU/SEL mitigation, and electromechanical systems.
• Experience with Altium Designer, PCBA verification and validation, environmental and EMI/EMC testing, and system modeling with Simulink.
• Experience with parametric, sensitivity, worst-case, or FMEA analysis.
• Experience with BOM development, material planning, supplier sourcing, component alternates, and design-for-manufacturability reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary environment focused on fast-paced development of real space hardware.
• Employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount and company equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Additional benefits include flexible spending accounts, subsidized EV charging, fitness benefits, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.