Principal Hardware Electronic Engineer

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; in-office work required most days

Salary: $95,000–$245,000 US base salary per year

Company

hirify.global is an independent nonprofit research and development company delivering engineering solutions for national challenges across defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering.

What you will do

• Translate project and system requirements into hardware architectures for complex avionics solutions.
• Design, simulate, prototype, debug, verify, and test electronic hardware, including flight computers, FPGAs, processors, memory modules, communication interfaces, backplanes, power circuits, and timing circuits.
• Support ECAD layout, manufacturing documentation, requirements development, testing, deployment, and ongoing hardware support.
• Identify program and system-level technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary work, communicate status to project leadership and customers, and support proposals and sponsor engagement.
• Develop and teach engineering best practices while mentoring less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency in electronic design, detailed design specifications, engineering analysis, and hardware testing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, planning, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
• Ability to support in-office work in Cambridge most days.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary research and development environment.
• Workplace flexibility programs supporting work-life balance.
• Employee clubs, including photography and yoga.
• Health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
• Inclusive workplace with equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation.