Electrical Engineer (Autonomous Systems)

Location: On-site in North Kingstown, RI and Rumford, RI at least 3 days per week; U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret security clearance required.

Salary: $85,000–$115,000 per year, plus equity and bonus opportunities.

Company

hirify.global develops software-defined hardware and collaborative autonomy systems for military and commercial platforms operating across sea, air, and land.

What you will do

• Design, specify, and integrate electrical subsystems for uncrewed surface vessels and other unmanned platforms.
• Develop power trees, grounding schemes, communications pathways, redundancy architectures, and electrical interfaces.
• Create wiring schematics, harness drawings, connector specifications, and interface definitions.
• Lead subsystem bring-up, bench testing, environmental validation, vehicle integration, and sea-trial troubleshooting.
• Diagnose power, EMI/EMC, RF, communications, sensor, and embedded-electronics issues.
• Document designs and support manufacturing, test procedures, build instructions, quality processes, and engineering changes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience focused on system design, integration, and testing.
• Strong experience with power electronics, power conversion, electrical subsystem integration, RF, communications, antennas, radios, GPS, and digital communication links.
• Ability to create and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, harness documentation, and electrical interface definitions.
• Hands-on experience with prototype builds, electrical assembly, test equipment, troubleshooting, grounding, EMI/EMC, and ruggedized or marine design.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• U.S. citizenship, eligibility for a Secret security clearance, and ability to work on-site in Rhode Island at least 3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with uncrewed systems, especially USVs, UUVs, UAVs, or UGVs.
• Familiarity with harness design, ECAD, or PLM tools such as SolidWorks Electrical, Altium, Zuken, or Arena.
• Experience with embedded-systems packaging, grounding, shielding, thermal tradeoffs, and design for manufacturability.
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and root-cause analysis skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Employer-paid health and life insurance, plus dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) program with matching, equity package, and home-office stipend.
• Unlimited PTO with an enforced two-week minimum and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Monthly health and wellness stipend and Global Entry benefit.
• Mission-driven, innovation-focused environment centered on integrity, ownership, and servant leadership.