Integration Engineer (Maritime Systems)

Location: Fort Pierce, FL, USA; hybrid work across office, laboratory, vessel integration, dockside activities, outdoor work, and on-water testing. Occasional travel and schedule flexibility may be required.

Compensation: Base pay, plus an annual equity package and potential bonuses; no exact amount specified.

Company

Blue Ops, the maritime division of hirify.global, develops uncrewed surface vessels for defense and national security applications.

What you will do

• Integrate sensors, communications equipment, onboard computers, and supporting hardware onto vessel platforms.
• Review equipment requirements and identify power, connectivity, mounting, and installation needs.
• Design, fabricate, test, and refine prototype mounts, brackets, adapters, and mechanical or electrical interfaces.
• Assemble, inspect, configure, and troubleshoot wiring harnesses, low-voltage power circuits, data connections, hardware, networking, and software interfaces.
• Prepare wiring diagrams, installation instructions, interface documentation, equipment configurations, and test procedures.
• Support bench testing, dockside checks, sea trials, customer demonstrations, failure investigations, corrective-action verification, and coordination with internal teams and equipment suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, systems, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in systems integration, hardware testing, robotics, or a comparable engineering role.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to pass a background check and obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
• Practical experience installing and troubleshooting electromechanical equipment.
• Working knowledge of DC power, wiring, Ethernet, and serial communications.
• Ability to interpret schematics, technical drawings, and equipment documentation.
• Experience using electrical test equipment and documenting troubleshooting findings.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lift and carry equipment and materials weighing up to 50 pounds, work in confined or awkward spaces, safely move around boats and docks, and work outdoors in marine environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with maritime equipment, autonomous vehicles, or other field-deployed systems.
• Familiarity with MAVLink messaging for vehicle telemetry, commands, and subsystem integration.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting UDP communications between networked devices.
• Experience integrating or troubleshooting CAN bus networks, including device connectivity and message traffic.
• Familiarity with marine networks, navigation sensors, or radio communications.
• Exposure to Linux, scripting, or tools for collecting and analyzing test data.
• Experience maintaining configuration records and supporting repeatable hardware builds.

Culture & Benefits

• Rapid-prototyping environment focused on practical, timely, and effective integration solutions.
• Collaboration with engineering and operations teams and experienced engineers.
• Work spanning office, laboratory, vessels, docks, and outdoor marine environments.
• Base pay with an annual equity package and potential bonuses.
• Equal employment opportunity workplace with E-Verify participation.