Lead Project Engineer (Spacecraft Avionics)

Location: Onsite in Phoenix, AZ, United States

Salary: $80,000–$130,000 annually

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures high-performance aerospace and complex engineering systems.

What you will do

• Lead technical execution for assigned spacecraft avionics projects from requirements through delivery and integration.
• Translate program requirements into system and subsystem architectures.
• Manage requirements, traceability, and verification matrices.
• Coordinate hardware, firmware/FPGA, software, test, supplier, and manufacturing activities.
• Plan and support environmental, functional, EMI/EMC, integration, validation, and verification testing.
• Troubleshoot board-level and system-level issues while ensuring engineering outputs meet schedule and quality targets.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of relevant engineering experience in space, avionics, or complex electronics systems.
• Familiarity with requirements management, circuit board design and debugging, spacecraft electronics, FPGA design, complex system design, or avionics testing.
• Experience creating or maintaining requirements traceability and verification artifacts.
• Strong hands-on problem-solving and test/debug skills at board or system level.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Phoenix, AZ; the role involves access to U.S. export-controlled information.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of space or avionics standards and interfaces such as SpaceWire, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, CAN, and RS-422/TTL.
• Experience with environmental qualification testing, including vibration, thermal/vacuum, and shock.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, lab automation, and test-script development.
• Knowledge of FPGA toolflows, schematic capture, or PCB layout review.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-focused engineering culture with technically challenging projects.
• Annual bonus opportunities and employee stock purchase plan.
• Open paid time off policy.
• Region-specific employee benefits.