Software Engineer - Guidance, Navigation, and Controls

Location: Full-time on-site in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California, United States. U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.

Base salary: $160,000–$240,000 per year, excluding bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced sensing and detection solutions for defense, commercial air operations, and border protection using Coherent Distributed Networks.

What you will do

• Design and implement guidance and navigation software within commercial software frameworks.
• Lead guidance software development for a clean-sheet airframe design.
• Support airframe design activities and system integration on flight hardware.
• Develop real-time embedded software and hardware interfaces.
• Integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
• Collaborate with a small engineering team across product families.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
• Experience designing and implementing guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
• Practical understanding of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight dynamics.
• Extensive experience with microcontroller architectures such as STM32 and Linux on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
• U.S. Person status is required; the role requires access to U.S.-only data systems.

Nice to have

• Current or previous DoD security clearance and Part 107 remote pilot certification.
• Experience integrating EO/IR or radar sensors.
• Experience with VHDL, AMD/Xilinx FPGAs, Git, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern FOSS/COTS tools.
• Experience with high-TRL systems, production-level deployment, HW/SW integration and testing, and verification and validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
• Unlimited paid time off, free daily lunch, stocked kitchen, and casual dress code.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.
• Engineering organization of approximately 450 employees across five global offices.