Hardware Test Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: San Jose, California; onsite five days per week

Salary: $157,000–$182,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations for mission-critical Earth intelligence, including climate monitoring and national security applications.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, form factor, hardware, and interfaces of future hardware-in-the-loop testbeds.
• Design next-generation electrical ground support equipment for powering, commanding, and monitoring satellites during integration and testing.
• Translate flight-hardware block diagrams, schematics, and production drawings into testbed designs.
• Build, integrate, bring up, and support testbed hardware in daily fleet operations.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, interface definitions, and design documentation.
• Debug hardware and software interface issues to root cause while coordinating with electrical, software, systems, supply chain, production, and facilities teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with complex electromechanical systems, including 2+ years in test, testbed, or test-infrastructure development.
• Background in electrical engineering, embedded software, mechanical engineering, or industrial controls.
• Experience designing electrical, mechanical, or integrated hardware systems for others to build and use.
• Ability to work from electrical schematics, block diagrams, and production drawings.
• Strong hardware and software debugging skills using multimeters, oscilloscopes, and similar test equipment.
• Programming or scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar; knowledge of electronics, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, and Linux.

Nice to have

• Experience with HITL testbeds, lab automation, or large-scale test infrastructure.
• Electrical CAD or harness design experience, preferably Altium.
• Mechanical CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks, for rack and fixture design.
• Experience with industrial automation, rack-based electronics, networking, power distribution, aerospace, or other high-reliability industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability coverage, and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Access to export-controlled information requires eligibility under applicable U.S. export regulations, including U.S. person status or authorized access.