Propulsion Controls Engineer, Motor / Power Electronics (Aerospace)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Base pay: $144,000–$198,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company developing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Architect, implement, and verify advanced control algorithms for electric propulsion systems across motor control or power electronics.
• Develop interfaces between flight control computers, power inverters, propulsion controllers, and battery management units.
• Develop and troubleshoot safety-critical embedded C/C++ code for real-time aerospace applications.
• Build plant models, control architectures, simulations, HIL environments, and iron-bird validation setups.
• Design redundant fault detection, isolation, and recovery logic for flight safety.
• Support flight-test programs, prototype integration, system-level debugging, data analysis, and technical documentation under DO-178C and DO-254 standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 2 years of control systems engineering experience in electric propulsion, power electronics, motor control, flight controls, EV powertrains, or energy storage.
• Proficiency in embedded C/C++ for real-time, safety-critical applications.
• Strong experience in either resonant converter and DC-DC converter controls or advanced motor/generator control algorithms such as FOC, DTC, observers, and sensorless control.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, HIL testing, microcontrollers, and I2C, SPI, or CAN communication protocols.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice to have

• Electric propulsion experience in aerospace or EV applications.
• Knowledge of battery management systems, high-voltage power electronics, and high-voltage safety.
• Experience with flight-critical systems, state machine design, hardware bring-up, and motor/generator drive integration.
• Familiarity with DO-178C and DO-254 aerospace standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative startup environment.
• Pay-for-performance culture with compensation based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.