Airborne Electronic Hardware Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Systems Engineer (Aerospace): Establishing engineering processes and certification frameworks for inverter and battery management systems with an accent on DO-254 compliance and safety-critical hardware development. Focus on defining requirements, building structured development workflows, and ensuring hardware reliability for eVTOL aircraft.

Location: San Jose, California, United States (Onsite)

Salary: $144,000 - $180,000

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company building all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to advance sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Partner with hardware designers to define, manage, and trace requirements using tools like Polarion or DOORS.
• Establish standardized design templates, review checklists, and documentation practices for inverter and BMS hardware.
• Review critical design analyses including DFMEAs, WCCA, thermal assessments, and protection function analyses.
• Develop hardware development plans and verification strategies in line with DO-254 and airworthiness requirements.
• Lead design reviews to ensure requirements are correctly implemented and justified for certification.
• Support the definition of safety requirements flowing down from system-level analyses like ARP4754A and ARP4761.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of hardware systems or design engineering experience in regulated industries.
• Hands-on technical background in inverters, power converters, motor drives, or BMS.
• Experience with structured hardware development processes such as DO-254.
• Familiarity with circuit-level analyses (WCCA, derating, stress analysis).
• Must be authorized to work in the US (no visa sponsorship available).

Nice to have

• Direct DO-254 and DO-160G experience.
• Knowledge of SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761 (FMEA, FTA).
• Experience with high-power inverter systems and BMS hardware.
• Passion for aviation and eVTOLs.

Culture & Benefits

• Pay-for-performance culture.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Supportive environment for team members with disabilities or religious accommodations.
• Opportunity to work on foundational aerospace technology.