Principal Avionics Systems Engineer, IPT Lead (UAS)

Location: El Segundo, California, United States; onsite. Some travel may be required for flight tests, supplier visits, and government program reviews.

Salary: $198,000–$300,000 annual base compensation, excluding bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops defense and aerospace products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks for military, commercial aviation, and border protection applications.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end avionics architecture for the Massed Modular Aircraft program across the unmanned air vehicle and Ground Control Station.
• Define flight management, navigation, communications and command-and-control data links, payload interfaces, avionics buses, power distribution, and health monitoring.
• Own GCS hardware and software architecture, including operator interfaces, mission planning, vehicle control, telemetry, and ground data-link equipment.
• Establish interface control documents and lead air vehicle/GCS integration, interoperability, and test activities.
• Drive modular open avionics architecture, design-for-manufacture and assembly, maintainability, and scalable production using COTS and modified-COTS components.
• Lead avionics analysis, qualification, airworthiness support, and technical reviews including PDR, CDR, and government technical interchange meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Avionics Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of aircraft avionics design experience, including hands-on UAS programs covering onboard avionics and Ground Control Station segments.
• Experience owning the UAS air-ground interface, including command-and-control data links, telemetry, and interface control documents.
• Strong avionics systems architecture experience across navigation, communications/data links, and avionics bus architectures.
• Experience with avionics integration and testing, including hardware-in-the-loop and flight-test support.
• Familiarity with Modular Open Systems Approach principles.

Nice to have

• Experience with modular aircraft, multi-mission or multi-variant platforms, and distributed or multi-site production.
• Experience with cybersecurity and Risk Management Framework requirements for UAS avionics and GCS software.
• Experience designing GCS human-machine interfaces and operator workflows for unmanned systems.
• Ability to obtain or maintain Secret, Top Secret, or SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work with free daily lunch and a fully stocked kitchen.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 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 and a casual dress code.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.