Staff Engineer, Fuel Systems - Ranger

Location: On-site in Seattle, Washington, United States

Company

hirify.global develops AI-enabled aerospace systems, including next-generation aircraft platforms.

What you will do

• Serve as the Responsible Engineer for the Project Ranger aircraft fuel system from requirements and architecture through operational deployment.
• Design and integrate fuel tanks, pumps, valves, plumbing, venting, pressurization, filtration, level sensing, and related hardware.
• Analyze fuel-system performance across demanding aircraft conditions, including transient engine demand, elevated-G maneuvering, tank depletion, slosh, cavitation, vapor ingestion, and thermal effects.
• Lead design reviews, supplier engagements, procurement, component and vehicle-level testing, instrumentation, and flight-readiness activities.
• Analyze ground and flight data, quantify performance margins, identify anomalies, and drive system improvements.
• Lead failure investigations and work hands-on with propulsion, airframe, manufacturing, test, flight, supply-chain, and controls teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in aerospace fuel systems, fluid systems, propulsion, or related aircraft-system development.
• Strong knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, compressible and incompressible flow, and aerospace fuel-system design.
• Hands-on experience with fluid-system hardware integration, instrumentation, testing, flight support, and technical failure investigations.
• Strong proficiency in Python or similar engineering-analysis tools.
• U.S. citizenship and an active security clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with fuel systems for high-performance aircraft, tactical aircraft, UAVs, or similar aerospace platforms.
• Experience with elevated-G maneuvering, aggressive vehicle dynamics, or challenging fuel-delivery conditions.
• Familiarity with GFSSP, REFPROP, CFD, ANSYS, FEA, or similar thermal-fluid analysis tools.
• Experience working with aerospace suppliers through component selection, procurement, qualification, and integration.
• Rocket propulsion or propellant-systems experience, or an M.S. or Ph.D. in a related engineering discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work in an accelerated aircraft-development environment.
• Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, testing, and flight operations.
• Ownership of meaningful aerospace capability from concept through operational fielding.