Avionics Test Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based at hirify.global's global headquarters and working in a production environment.

Salary: $68,000–$93,500 USD base pay annually for California.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for commercial, scientific, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Develop test plans and programs for space flight hardware and systems development.
• Manage and conduct Acceptance, Qualification, and Proto-Flight test programs.
• Develop automated test hardware and test platforms.
• Support space flight hardware design for improved testability and manufacturability.
• Analyze COTS component test levels against mission environmental test requirements.
• Contribute to engineering, test, manufacturing, change-management, and other business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or another technical discipline.
• Experience with hardware development or electronics test engineering.
• Understanding of electrical test equipment, test procedures, data acquisition systems, and instrumentation.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements. For U.S. office roles, candidates must otherwise be eligible under applicable ITAR authorization requirements, such as being a lawful U.S. permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
• The role may require prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in software, computer, electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or another technical engineering discipline.
• Understanding of satellite subsystem functions and interactions across the vehicle.
• Programming experience in Python.
• Understanding of hardware design from concept through production.
• Experience with environmental design testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, and TVAC.
• Experience in a hardware or spacecraft production environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment focused on innovation, teamwork, ownership, tight deadlines, and delivering under pressure.
• Company stock, an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Medical, dental, vision, HMO, PPO, zero-cost HDHP, HSA contribution, FSA, and dependent care accounts.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Additional perks include EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.