Senior Component Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Westminster, Colorado, United States

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Lead selection, standardization, qualification, screening, derating, and performance verification of high-reliability EEE components.
• Define testing and qualification requirements with customers and provide component expertise across aerospace programs.
• Develop component roadmaps and product upgrade strategies while balancing cost and schedule.
• Author parts plans, process-definition documents, Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests, and Source Control Drawings.
• Review screening and test data, engineering change orders, supplier performance, and component compliance.
• Support failure analysis, risk mitigation, obsolescence management, cost analysis, and supplier audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience as a component engineer.
• Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening, and derating for military and aerospace applications.
• Experience managing part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management system.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently under agile development timelines.
• Must meet U.S. Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying protected status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with parts plans and qualification for high-volume satellite constellations.
• Experience investigating defective components and authoring failure analysis reports.
• Knowledge of reliability analyses for space mission hardware, including prediction and derating.
• Knowledge of EEE component manufacturing processes and experience with RF devices and FPGAs.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to company and process development through technical leadership or broader functional management.
• Work with leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems.
• Startup environment focused on changing the industry and disrupting incumbent players.