Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Gardena, California, United States; onsite work in the lab and on the range with travel for test campaigns

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense startup developing a low-cost air defense system for worldwide deployment.

What you will do

• Develop system architecture and derive, allocate, and maintain subsystem requirements across avionics, propulsion, structures, power, GNC, and flight software.
• Maintain mechanical, electrical, data, and software interface control documents with internal teams, suppliers, partners, and customers.
• Build and maintain a traceable system model linking requirements, interfaces, and verification.
• Plan and support environmental qualification, acceptance, vehicle integration, and flight testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, thermal vacuum, altitude, humidity, and EMI/EMC testing.
• Own verification and validation, including test, analysis, inspection, and demonstration methods, and support test-data analysis, anomaly resolution, and failure investigations.
• Resolve cross-subsystem issues with GNC, flight software, avionics, propulsion, structures, and test teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• 4+ years of engineering experience, including significant systems-engineering experience with flight vehicles, missiles, or comparable complex systems.
• Hands-on experience with requirements development and management, interface definition through ICDs, and verification across hardware and software.
• Direct experience planning or executing environmental qualification or acceptance testing.
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, software, and controls disciplines.
• Ability to travel for test campaigns.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

• M.S. or Ph.D. in engineering, math, or physics.
• Experience taking a flight vehicle or subsystem through qualification and flight test.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-1540, SMC-S-016, or similar test standards.
• Understanding of aerodynamics, avionics, GNC, and flight systems.
• Proficiency in Python; exposure to C/C++ is a bonus.
• Familiarity with system safety, reliability, and configuration management.

Culture & Benefits

• Salaried full-time employment.
• Hands-on work in the lab and on the range.
• Collaboration across design, software, test, GNC, avionics, propulsion, structures, and flight teams.
• Work on a flight system expected to perform successfully on its first deployment.