Engineer I, Flight Test

Location: San Diego, California, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops autonomy systems for unmanned aircraft and other mission applications.

What you will do

• Support integration, verification, and validation of Hivemind Mission Autonomy on unmanned platforms and mission-system configurations.
• Develop, execute, and maintain system-level test procedures, test cases, checklists, configurations, and schedules.
• Set up and troubleshoot software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, simulation, laboratory, automated-test, and flight-test environments.
• Install and verify test hardware, software, networks, ground-control equipment, sensors, radios, and computing systems.
• Collect and analyze telemetry, logs, video, configuration data, and test results; document defects and support root-cause investigations.
• Prepare test reports, performance metrics, dashboards, readiness materials, and engineering documentation while supporting reviews, integration events, and periodic travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline such as aerospace, computer, electrical, mechanical, systems, or robotics engineering; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
• Foundational experience with engineering testing, integration, troubleshooting, or verification through coursework, internships, research, military service, laboratory work, personal projects, or professional work.
• Knowledge of systems-engineering and test concepts, including requirements, verification, validation, configuration management, defect tracking, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with Linux, Windows, command-line tools, networking basics, and scripting or programming such as Python, Bash, or C++.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, teamwork, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to work on-site in San Diego and travel periodically for integration, testing, and customer activities.

Nice to have

• Experience with UAS, autonomous vehicles, robotics, aviation, embedded systems, or complex integrated systems.
• Exposure to software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, simulation, modeling and simulation, or automated test environments.
• Familiarity with test automation, telemetry and log analysis, Git, issue tracking, build systems, continuous integration, and test automation.
• Knowledge of Ethernet, IP networking, UDP/TCP communication, flight-test processes, aviation safety, or operational risk management.
• Experience with Department of Defense development, test, evaluation, or acquisition processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on engineering work across laboratory, simulation, integration, and flight-test environments.
• Collaboration with test, systems, software, autonomy, hardware, program, platform, and customer teams.
• Work in a respectful, accountable, and high-performing engineering culture.
• Periodic travel to internal test sites, customer locations, and platform-integration events.