Electrical Engineer I (Robotics)

Location: Pasadena, CA, United States; onsite work with occasional exposure to production-area noise, dust, and fumes.

Base salary: $82,400–$103,000 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $89,350–$115,025 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, robotic systems, and critical subsystems for planetary exploration, satellite programs, national security, and defense missions.

What you will do

• Develop and test avionics hardware for robotics programs.
• Participate in electrical hardware development from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production.
• Gain experience with robotics, motor control, FPGA, and microcontroller applications.
• Own Electronic Ground Support Equipment development end to end.
• Create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Perform circuit analysis, design verification, system integration testing, and production manufacturing support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Strong background in analog electronics design.
• Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel.
• Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, and soldering irons.
• Experience with FPGA design in a professional or school environment.
• Experience with microcontroller design in a professional or school environment.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements. For U.S. office work, eligibility may also include lawful U.S. permanent residence, refugee or asylum status, or applicable government authorizations under ITAR regulations.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation.
• Proficiency with board bring-up and debugging.
• Experience creating design verification test plans and executing tests.
• Experience designing for high-reliability aerospace applications.
• Experience designing rigid-flex PCBs and electromechanical systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on ownership, first-principles problem solving, teamwork, and tight deadlines.
• Company stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include flexible spending and dependent care accounts, subsidized EV charging, fitness and gym programs, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.