Senior Electrical Engineer II (Spacecraft Avionics)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite at hirify.global's global headquarters. U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements and ITAR-related restrictions.

Base pay range: $151,500–$252,500 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing 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 complex PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Perform power, tolerance, reliability, and other circuit analyses using SPICE and Excel.
• Conduct PCBA design verification and system integration testing.
• Support production manufacturing as needed.
• Participate across requirements definition, design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, production, and potential on-orbit operation of spacecraft electrical systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong background in analog electronics design.
• Proficiency with SPICE and Excel for circuit analysis.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic capture and complex PCB layout.
• Knowledge of processors, FPGAs, switch-mode power supplies, communication interfaces, and analog instrumentation.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• 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 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 effects and mitigation.
• Experience with high-reliability aerospace applications.
• Experience with rigid-flex PCBs and general 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 innovation, teamwork, tight deadlines, and demanding space missions.
• Company stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HSA contribution; flexible spending and dependent care accounts.
• 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.