Senior Harness Design Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, CA, United States; based at hirify.global's global headquarters. This is a U.S. office position and requires U.S. citizenship due to program requirements and ITAR restrictions.

Base pay range: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually (CA only).

Company

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

What you will do

• Design and develop spacecraft electrical harnesses, including connectors, backshells, wires, shielding, routing, split locations, and lengths.
• Generate wiring diagrams, pinout tables, interface definitions, fabrication drawings, and other harness documentation.
• Interpret spacecraft system architecture and define electrical interfaces in collaboration with systems engineering.
• Create and maintain harness BOMs in PLM tools and support fabrication to space-grade standards.
• Define and verify acceptance criteria through electrical testing and inspection, and troubleshoot issues during fabrication, integration, and testing.
• Participate in design reviews and collaborate with mechanical engineering and assembly, integration, and test teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience in the aerospace or defense industry, including satellite development programs or satellite operations.
• Knowledge of power distribution, signal integrity, grounding, communication systems, and interfaces such as RS-422, SPI, Ethernet, and CAN bus.
• Experience with Capital Essentials, NX, Teamcenter, or JAMA.
• Familiarity with NASA-STD-8739.4, IPC/WHMA-A-620, harness fabrication, electrical testing, thermal and mechanical routing considerations.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with competing priorities and ability to obtain a Top Secret Clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment focused on hard work, innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and meaningful space missions.
• Company stock, an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount, and a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, dependent care, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include subsidized EV charging, fitness and gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• The role may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.