Hardware Integration Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $140,000–$260,000 base pay per year

Company

hirify.global designs, manufactures, and operates all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Build and bring up subscale aircraft platforms, including flight controllers, companion computers, radios, and sensor payloads.
• Design and fabricate wiring harnesses, connectors, cable routing, and power distribution for onboard electronics.
• Validate integrated hardware end-to-end on the bench and aircraft platform with test and program teams.
• Troubleshoot EMI, power, and signal-integrity issues across sensor and compute interfaces.
• Collaborate with perception, navigation, and test engineers to meet system requirements.
• Maintain build documentation, wiring diagrams, and configuration records for fielded systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience integrating hardware on small aircraft or robotic platforms.
• Experience with MIPI, USB, Ethernet, and CAN sensor and compute interfaces.
• Experience with wiring harness design, connectorization, and cable routing.
• Working knowledge of EMI mitigation and power management for embedded systems.
• Comfort working hands-on in a lab or hangar environment with hardware bring-up and debugging.

Nice to have

• Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, or similar flight controllers.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Jetson companion computers and radio or telemetry integration.
• Background in small aircraft, robotics, or aerospace hardware integration.
• Experience supporting test or field operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an inclusive and equitable environment that values diverse perspectives.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and hiring process.