Senior Avionics Operations Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $148,000–$222,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R rockets, launch vehicles, and supporting aerospace manufacturing systems for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Own avionics RF/Ground Segment and Autonomous Flight Safety System integration, design validation, testing, and operations.
• Coordinate subsystem readiness for testing and launch operations, including system integration, testing, and verification.
• Develop vehicle-level avionics CONOPs, go/no-go criteria, system automation, and operator manuals.
• Coordinate with Range Safety, NASA, and commercial ground station partners.
• Support on-console test operations and data review during stage-level testing and launch operations.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with integrated systems testing, including flight test, hardware or software design validation, or development of hardware-in-the-loop test platforms.
• Understanding of engineering requirements capture and verification/validation test planning.
• Experience testing, validating, and troubleshooting complex integrated electrical and software systems.
• Experience using scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for data acquisition, recording, and analysis.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with regulatory requirements such as RCC319, RCC324, Part 450, and SSCMAN 91-710.
• Familiarity with telemetry systems, RF theory, and telemetry standards such as IRIG 106.
• Familiarity with communication protocols including Ethernet, CAN, UART, and SPI.

Culture & Benefits

• Work focused on developing the Terran R rocket, factory, and launch business from the ground up.
• Cross-functional collaboration across avionics, propulsion, manufacturing, software, and corporate teams.
• Salary, equity, generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation available upon request.

Hiring process

• hirify.global does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms.