Senior Electrical Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based at hirify.global’s global headquarters and intended for candidates seeking to work in U.S. offices.

Base pay: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually in 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 PCBA requirements in collaboration with engineers from other disciplines.
• Create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Perform power, tolerance, and reliability circuit analyses.
• Conduct PCBA design verification and system integration testing.
• Support production manufacturing as needed and participate in spacecraft hardware development through production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong background in analog electronics design.
• Proficiency with circuit analysis in SPICE and Excel.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• For U.S. office work, candidates must be U.S. citizens, lawful U.S. permanent residents, lawfully admitted refugees or asylees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations under ITAR and related export regulations.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with electronic laboratory equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, and soldering irons.
• Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation.
• Experience with high-reliability aerospace applications, rigid-flex PCBs, or electromechanical design.
• Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors.
• Demonstrated success in dynamic environments and managing competing priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on spacecraft hardware, meaningful missions, innovation, teamwork, and tight deadlines.
• Company stock, an employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount, and competitive base pay.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans; HSA contribution; paid vacation and sick time; 11 paid holidays; parental leave; disability and life insurance; and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, 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.

Hiring process

• U.S. office applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for the application or interview process may contact the designated accommodation resource.
• Equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination policies apply throughout recruitment and employment.