Hardware Integration Engineer - Recon Works

Location: Washington, DC; hybrid on-site. Travel: 25%. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance required.

Company

hirify.global is a veteran-owned, venture-backed defense technology company building an orchestration layer for autonomous unmanned systems across air, sea, and land platforms.

What you will do

• Plan and run bench, laboratory, and field tests of prototype systems, including test planning, instrumentation, data collection, analysis, and design iteration.
• Integrate sensors, payloads, compute, power, communications, and propulsion onto unmanned air, sea, and land platforms.
• Design prototype parts and assemblies in CAD for 3D printing, machining, and sheet-metal fabrication.
• Develop wiring harnesses, connectors, and power distribution while debugging integrated systems with electronic test equipment.
• Document designs, interfaces, and test results for handoff to product and engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, mechatronics, or a related engineering field.
• 3+ years of hands-on hardware development, integration, or test experience.
• Proficiency with a parametric CAD tool such as SolidWorks, Onshape, NX, or Creo, including design for additive, CNC, or sheet-metal fabrication.
• Hands-on electromechanical integration experience with wiring harnesses, connectors, and power distribution, plus debugging using multimeters, oscilloscopes, or similar tools.
• Experience writing test plans, running hardware tests, and converting test data into design changes.
• Comfort with shop tools, fabrication, and outdoor field-test conditions.
• U.S. citizenship is required under ITAR regulations, together with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience building or testing unmanned systems, including UAS, UGV, USV, or UUV.
• Familiarity with PX4 or ArduPilot, NVIDIA Jetson or similar embedded compute, EO/IR, lidar, radar sensors, or tactical radios.
• Python or similar scripting for data acquisition and test analysis.
• Environmental or qualification testing experience, such as MIL-STD-810 or MIL-STD-461.
• FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate.
• Existing Secret or higher security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven, collaborative environment emphasizing building, systems thinking, comfort with ambiguity, high agency, and disciplined testing.
• Hybrid work in Washington, DC with 25% travel and hands-on laboratory, shop, and field activities.
• Medical, dental, vision, FSA, DCFSA, HSA, and mental health resources, including 24/7 support.
• 401(k) plan with company match, equity grants, unlimited PTO, 11 paid holidays, and an extended holiday calendar.
• Generous parental leave, military leave, professional development opportunities, and career progression toward Senior Technical Program Manager and Deputy CTO.