Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Location: On-site in Westminster, Colorado, United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop system architectures, requirements, interfaces, technical baselines, and system specifications for product development.
• Conduct requirements analysis, system modeling, trade studies, functional analysis, system decomposition, and systems integration.
• Plan and perform verification, validation, testing, simulation, integration, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Analyze test results, simulation data, and engineering observations to resolve technical issues and recommend system improvements, corrective actions, and design updates.
• Collaborate with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program teams throughout product development.
• Prepare requirements, interface control, verification, engineering change, and technical documentation; participate in design reviews, technical investigations, customer support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field with 5–8 years of related experience; or a master's degree with 3–6 years; or a PhD with 0–3 years of related experience.
• Related experience must include systems engineering, system architecture, requirements management, configuration management, systems integration, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, system architecture, requirements development, systems integration, and technical baseline management.
• Experience with systems modeling, trade studies, functional analysis, engineering analysis tools, and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of requirements management, interface development, verification methodologies, configuration management, product lifecycle processes, and technical risk assessment.
• Understanding of systems engineering processes, engineering documentation, technical standards, model-based systems engineering, and requirements traceability.
• Proficiency in multidisciplinary engineering collaboration, modeling and simulation, system verification, performance analysis, and product development.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience with engineering analysis and modeling tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, STK, Python, or equivalent applications, and with documentation, requirements management, and collaboration tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic, cross-functional, hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work environment.
• Collaboration across systems, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program functions.
• Opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement in system performance, requirements quality, technical accuracy, engineering efficiency, and operational effectiveness.