Staff Engineer, Power Electronics

Location: Remote in the United States; onsite work schedule in Phoenix, AZ

Salary: $150,000–$185,000 annually

Company

hirify.global operates a performance-focused engineering environment centered on solving complex technical challenges and delivering aerospace hardware.

What you will do

• Define and enforce avionics architecture standards covering interfaces, performance budgets, and power/system partitioning across programs.
• Oversee requirements management, traceability, verification strategies, and technical reviews through qualification and flight-build gates.
• Lead multi-program risk management, corrective-action planning, and resolution of system-level anomalies through root-cause investigations.
• Coordinate hardware, firmware/FPGA, software, test, manufacturing, and supplier teams to align processes and deliverables.
• Mentor Lead and Senior Project Engineers through coaching, training, best-practice sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Improve change-control, configuration-management, earned-value reporting, and lessons-learned workflows.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on systems engineering experience in spacecraft avionics or equally complex electronic systems, specifically involving power electronics at the circuit-card and sub-assembly level.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent programs, defining architecture, and delivering flight-grade hardware.
• Deep expertise in at least three of the following: requirements management, PCB/FPGA design and review, spacecraft electronics, complex system design, and avionics testing.
• Proficiency with one or more program-management and requirements tools or methodologies, including MS Project, JIRA/Confluence, EVMS, JAMA, or Polarian.
• Ability to lead technical reviews, drive risk-mitigation activities, and manage change-control processes.
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive presentations, clear technical reporting, and trade-off negotiation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar field.
• Access to U.S. export-controlled information is required.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with space standards and interfaces such as SpaceWire, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, CAN, and RS-422/TTL.
• Experience with environmental qualification, including vibration, thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC, and lab automation.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ECSS, or advanced DFx methodologies.
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-oriented culture focused on solving interesting technical challenges.
• Inclusive workplace with employment decisions based on merit.
• Annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, open paid time off, and region-specific benefits may be available.
• Full-time employment with a stated remote location option and an onsite Phoenix work schedule.