Staff Power Electronics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Phoenix, AZ, at hirify.global’s Gilbert, AZ facility

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 annually

Company

hirify.global develops high-reliability spacecraft, avionics, power distribution, onboard computing, and defense systems for NASA, civil space, and defense missions.

What you will do

• Architect and design high-reliability power electronics, including DC-DC converters, inverters, motor drives, and battery-management systems.
• Perform circuit design, simulation, component selection, schematic capture, and guide PCB layout, thermal, and EMI/EMC activities.
• Lead hardware bring-up, integration, debugging, verification, and qualification.
• Develop and review specifications, design reviews, test plans, and verification documentation.
• Resolve complex technical issues through structured root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical mentorship and collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of power electronics design experience in aerospace, defense, industrial, or other high-reliability applications.
• Strong experience designing DC-DC converters or related power conversion circuits.
• Experience with Cadence Allegro, Altium, or similar schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Experience with SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink, Mathcad, or equivalent simulation tools.
• Strong knowledge of power semiconductor devices, with MOSFET experience required, and the ability to support hardware from architecture through qualification and production.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, or a related field.
• Experience with harsh-environment, space, radiation-tolerant, or radiation-hardened electronics.
• Experience with motor control, reliability analysis, system integration, mentoring, or technical design reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on mission-critical spacecraft and defense programs.
• Collaborate with experienced multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Open paid time off policy and region-specific employee benefits.
• Potential annual bonuses and employee stock purchase plan.
• The position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.