Sr. UTM Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Salary: $198,600–$292,000 USD annually, plus equity opportunities.

Company

hirify.global Labs is hirify.global’s innovation hub, developing automation, robotics, and drone-delivery technologies for last-mile logistics.

What you will do

• Design, build, deploy, and operate interoperable services for route planning and airspace deconfliction.
• Develop path-planning and airspace-deconfliction algorithms for safe, efficient flight through dynamic environments.
• Build evaluation and analysis tools to measure and optimize airspace efficiency and system performance.
• Integrate airspace and mission-status systems with hirify.global platforms and translate technical state for operational stakeholders.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, commercial operations, and flight operations to deliver reliable features for real-world flights.
• Represent hirify.global Air in standards bodies, industry forums, and interoperability initiatives.

Requirements

• Location: San Francisco, California, United States
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, or a related field; equivalent practical experience is also considered.
• 5+ years of experience across the full lifecycle of distributed systems in aviation, finance, communications, healthcare, or another interoperability- and uptime-critical domain.
• Production experience with services that integrate with systems outside your control and pass external or open-source conformance or certification testing.
• Experience with path planning, routing, or deconfliction in dynamic environments, or strong fundamentals in graph search, optimization, or motion planning.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with C++, Python, Go, or similar languages, plus experience with real-time or fault-tolerant system design.

Nice to have

• Experience with airspace management, air traffic control, or UAS traffic management systems.
• Participation in technical standards bodies or open-source interoperability efforts.
• Familiarity with certification-aware aerospace development processes such as DO-178 or ARP4761.
• Experience with real-time, embedded, or gracefully degrading systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a senior robotics and aviation-focused team building drone delivery systems at scale.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus disability and basic life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid parental leave, and family-forming assistance.
• Flexible paid time off for salaried roles, plus 80 hours of paid sick time annually.
• Wellness, commuter, mental-health, and paid-holiday benefits.
• Equity opportunities are included in the compensation package.