Electrical Engineer, Avionics (Space Systems)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States; other listed location: Long Beach, California, United States. Full-time onsite position with willingness to work overtime or weekends for critical mission milestones.

Salary: $112,340–$195,552 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops space stations, space infrastructure, spacecraft, satellites, and future crewed systems for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Own avionics boards, wiring harnesses, instrumentation, and power electronics for the engine.
• Design and develop complex multilayer PCBs for flight hardware according to space-grade standards.
• Perform schematic capture, component selection, board layout, trade studies, and electrical analysis.
• Translate operational requirements into detailed electrical specifications and design documentation.
• Define and execute avionics test plans and setups, ensuring safe and controlled development and testing.
• Communicate progress and issues across the engineering team while helping transition the flight engine from development to production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Industry experience in electrical engineering focused on system and PCB design.
• Ability to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lb unassisted.

Nice to have

• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Hands-on product testing experience and familiarity with testing protocols and standards relevant to space systems.
• Experience coordinating or supervising the work of other engineers.
• Experience developing applications in Python.
• Familiarity with Git, CMake, GNU tools, CI/CD, issue tracking, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Experience with embedded systems, fault-tolerant and safety-critical software design, and software for spacecraft, aircraft, or autonomous vehicles.
• Network programming experience and experience with satellite communications or telemetry systems.
• Familiarity with power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, vacation, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and other discounts and perks.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, an onsite barista, and subsidized lunch.
• Equal opportunity employment based on merit, competence, and qualifications.