Systems Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Lead systems engineering activities across the product lifecycle, from concept development through design, integration, verification, launch, and operational support.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies, methods, acceptance criteria, verification configurations, and evidence packages.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices, verification cross-reference matrices, and technical documentation.
• Partner with integration and test teams to plan and execute system integration and verification activities, evaluate results, and resolve discrepancies.
• Support technical planning, program increment planning, staffing assessments, milestone reviews, customer meetings, and risk management.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve systems engineering processes and technical rigor.

Requirements

• Eligibility to work on U.S. government-regulated space technology: U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying protected status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, computer engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience, with an emphasis on space-based communication payloads.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, the systems development lifecycle, requirements management, systems architecture, interface management, integration, and configuration management.
• Experience with verification and validation, technical requirements interpretation, analytical troubleshooting, and problem-solving.
• Effective written, verbal, organizational, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with spacecraft mission planning, launch support, on-orbit operations, system integration, or mission readiness.
• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated engineering programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a cross-functional engineering environment.
• Collaboration across software, hardware, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, integration and test, mission operations, and program management teams.
• Opportunities to contribute to leading-edge phased-array systems for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace platforms.