Electrical Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite role based in the Long Beach office. U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements and ITAR regulations.

Base pay: $88,000–$132,000 USD per year.

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with engineers from other disciplines.
• Create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Perform circuit analysis covering power, tolerance, and reliability.
• Conduct PCBA design verification and system integration testing.
• Support production manufacturing as needed.
• Participate in electrical hardware development from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production, with opportunities to test and operate spacecraft systems on orbit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Strong background in analog electronics design.
• Proficiency with circuit analysis in SPICE and Excel.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• For work in U.S. offices, eligibility under ITAR regulations is required, including U.S. citizenship, lawful U.S. permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility 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 degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with basic electronic laboratory equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, and soldering irons.
• Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation.
• Experience designing high-reliability aerospace applications.
• Experience designing rigid-flex PCBs and general familiarity with electromechanical design.
• Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM-core processors.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic environment and manage competing priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on teamwork, innovation, determination, and delivering under tight deadlines.
• Company stock included in total compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with an HSA contribution.
• Paid vacation, sick time, 11 paid holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional perks include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.