Lead Electrical Engineer (Power Hardware)

Location: Palm Bay, Florida, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global Technologies is an aerospace and defense technology company delivering mission-critical solutions across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of space-qualified power hardware and spacecraft electrical power subsystems.
• Support the full hardware lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, schematic capture, simulation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.
• Design and analyze AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery chargers, and power management and distribution circuits.
• Perform circuit analysis covering voltage regulation, ripple, custom magnetics, radiation effects, efficiency, thermal performance, control-loop stability, EMI/EMC, and transient response.
• Troubleshoot hardware from component and board level through payload and system level using laboratory instruments.
• Mentor power engineers and collaborate with program leadership, manufacturing, systems engineering, and other technical teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 9 years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with at least 7 years of related experience, in electrical engineering or another relevant STEM field.
• Experience interpreting high-level requirements and developing power architectures for spacecraft systems.
• Strong electronic power design experience, including power devices, control-loop theory, thermal management, custom magnetics, printed wiring board layout, and EMI filtering.
• Knowledge of spacecraft power subsystems, including orbital average power, energy balance, solar arrays, batteries, charging systems, regulation, distribution, and power quality.
• The role is on-site in Palm Bay, Florida.
• Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens; clearance eligibility may be required.

Nice to have

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance and experience supporting space, aerospace, defense, medical, or other mission-critical hardware.
• Experience with proposals, trade studies, mission definition, component selection, integration, testing, manufacturing, and production programs.
• Experience with RCCA, Failure Review Boards, supplier technical oversight, and presenting technical material to customers and leadership.
• Experience with LTSpice, PSpice, Cadence, Siemens Xpedition, Mathcad, MATLAB, or Python.
• Experience integrating firmware or software with hardware in laboratory and system environments.

Culture & Benefits

• 9/80 schedule: 80 hours over 9 days with every other Friday off.
• Engineering work focused on mission-critical aerospace and defense applications.
• Inclusive work environment emphasizing professional growth, collaboration, and work-life success.
• Employment may include government security investigations, background checks, and pre-employment substance abuse testing where permitted by law.