Senior Software Systems Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States; onsite at the Optical Systems site. The role supports travel or off-site work as needed. U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, optical systems, flight software, and other critical space subsystems.

What you will do

• Design, integrate, and develop software for space-based optical instruments, subsystems, and payloads on airborne and space platforms.
• Interpret system architectures and derive, allocate, author, and verify software and firmware requirements across interfaces and subsystems.
• Develop technical budgets, verification methods, simulations, test plans, data analyses, interface specifications, and CONOPS documentation.
• Execute software verification campaigns on flatsats, development units, and flight units, including test setup, dry runs, formal runs, and configuration checks.
• Provide technical oversight for software architecture, interfaces, mission assurance, compliance, and requirements traceability.
• Represent the organization in technical interchange meetings, support program and product management, and mentor engineers in systems engineering and V&V methods.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements and U.S. space technology export regulations.
• Active security clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in systems, software, computer, electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or another technical engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of aerospace engineering experience, including direct development-project experience and project or team leadership.
• Experience developing, testing, and integrating systems software with space or airborne instruments.
• Experience with requirements management, workflow, and modeling tools such as JAMA, DOORS, JIRA, or Cameo.

Nice to have

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Master’s or PhD in engineering.
• EO/IR payload integration experience.
• Experience with Cameo, MATLAB, Simulink, or equivalent system modeling and analysis tools.
• Experience with SDLC, software interfaces, communications protocols, and system-level troubleshooting.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on space, airborne, and defense missions serving NASA, the U.S. Space Force, and other government customers.
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary environment focused on innovation, teamwork, and technically challenging missions.
• Work may include prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
• U.S. positions are subject to ITAR and other U.S. Government space technology export regulations.