Simulation Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Mountain View, CA; San Diego, CA; or Seattle, WA. Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

Salary: $215,000–$300,000 annual base salary, plus cash and stock option awards and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops safety-enhancing automated aviation systems for autonomous aircraft.

What you will do

• Lead projects to develop a robust, deterministic, and scalable software simulation framework for testing safety-critical systems.
• Shape the simulation software stack across framework performance, flight dynamics modeling, hardware emulation, and simulation-based test infrastructure.
• Improve core architecture, performance, reproducibility, and flexibility.
• Collaborate with flight software, guidance/navigation/control, hardware test, and simulation and test systems engineers.
• Build infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop testing, high-fidelity physics simulation, and cloud-based Monte-Carlo analysis.
• Evaluate key technical decisions and mentor team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience in simulation systems within aviation, automotive, or comparable environments.
• 5+ years of professional experience with object-oriented C++ and Python or other scripting languages.

Nice to have

• Experience modeling aircraft dynamics.
• Experience developing simulations for safety-critical or DO-178 software and hardware systems.
• Experience architecting complex distributed and real-time software frameworks.
• Strong technical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven engineering environment focused on aerospace, robotics, and autonomous aviation.
• Competitive compensation based on experience, expertise, market conditions, location, and pay equity.
• Stock options, employee medical benefits, and 401(k) contributions.
• Casual work environment and equal-opportunity employment practices.
• Employment is subject to compliance with U.S. export control laws and applicable access requirements for controlled technology.