Senior Avionics Engineer (Lunar)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite position. Willingness to travel to Mojave and supplier or outside test facilities, and to work evenings and/or weekends for critical mission milestones.

Salary: $147,000–$249,000 USD annually in California.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space stations, satellites, lunar and Mars habitats, and other crewed space systems for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics subsystems and components, owning requirements, design, analysis, build, testing, integration, and flight readiness.
• Define avionics architectures for lunar vehicles and systems, including flight computers, power distribution, data handling, communications, sensors, and harnesses.
• Design flight electronics and oversee schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, and box-level design for radiation, thermal, and environmental constraints beyond LEO.
• Manage interface documentation and collaborate with GNC, flight software, propulsion, power, thermal, and structures teams.
• Lead CoDR, PDR, and CDR reviews; present technical trades, analyses, and risks to program and engineering leadership.
• Plan and execute qualification and acceptance testing, build test benches and hardware-in-the-loop setups, troubleshoot integrated hardware and firmware issues, and support suppliers and team growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 6+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing avionics or electrical hardware for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications.
• Demonstrated ownership of hardware from design through test and integration.
• Experience with embedded systems, flight computers, power electronics, and data bus architectures such as RS-422, CAN, SpaceWire, Ethernet, or MIL-STD-1553.
• Experience designing for radiation environments, including part selection, single-event-effects mitigation, and total ionizing dose considerations for beyond-LEO or lunar missions.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium, plus the ability to interpret schematics, harness drawings, and interface documentation.
• Experience with environmental and EMI/EMC testing for spaceflight hardware.
• Ability to work with Python, C/C++, or MATLAB for test automation, firmware support, and data analysis.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and independently with limited direction in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Nice to have

• Experience serving as Responsible Engineer for spaceflight avionics through qualification and flight.
• Experience establishing new hardware capabilities, laboratories, or teams in a resource-constrained environment.
• Experience mentoring or leading engineers and technicians formally or informally.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents; paid parental leave; disability and life insurance; and access to a 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off, including up to 20+ vacation days for exempt staff, with annual vacation cash-out availability.
• Onsite food perks include snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch, plus ClassPass credits and personalized mental healthcare.
• Work may include evenings and weekends during critical mission milestones.