Senior Avionics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Playa Vista, California; in person five days per week

Salary: $175,000–$185,000 per year, plus annual performance-based bonuses and equity

Company

hirify.global is an orbital logistics company building reusable Earth-return vehicles for in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, commercial cargo, national security logistics, research payloads, and critical aid delivery.

What you will do

• Develop electrical architectures, design circuits, capture schematics, and lay out PCBAs.
• Design custom electrical harnesses and oversee harness builds.
• Develop and support electrical ground equipment and test hardware, including HITL and FlatSat setups.
• Perform root-cause analysis and troubleshoot electronics issues in spacecraft and ground systems.
• Make build-versus-buy decisions and coordinate with external vendors on hardware delivery and quality.
• Define avionics best practices covering documentation, design reviews, and hardware development processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience designing and building electrical hardware for high-reliability applications such as aerospace, defense, or automotive.
• Experience with PCBs, PCBAs, wiring, and harnessing.
• Working knowledge of aerospace materials and their behavior in extreme thermal environments.
• Hands-on experience with multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, electronic loads, or similar electrical test equipment.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• Ability to write Python or similar scripts to automate hardware testing.
• Clean-sheet design experience with embedded systems, power distribution, instrumentation, sensors, avionics, or analog and mixed-signal circuits.
• Experience balancing radiation tolerance with budget and schedule constraints.
• Experience integrating vehicle systems or debugging system-level electrical issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including company-paid base medical coverage and all vision and dental premiums.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, paid time off, and nine paid holidays.
• 401(k) with company match, annual bonuses, and meaningful equity.
• Daily lunch stipend, snacks, coffee, and tea.
• Pet-friendly office with company events and monthly happy hours.