Electrical Hardware Engineer – Avionics (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid-based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Applicants must be a U.S. Person eligible to obtain required export authorizations under ITAR and EAR.

Salary: $80,000–$130,000 base salary per year, depending on experience, skills, and location.

Company

hirify.global develops mission-critical technologies for space, defense, and national security applications.

What you will do

• Design PCBs for spacecraft primary and secondary avionics systems.
• Perform trade studies and select components for engineering and flight avionics units.
• Develop and execute component-, board-, and system-level test procedures.
• Test fabricated PCBs and integrated avionics systems, including hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Participate in environmental testing of engineering units and qualification testing of flight units.
• Program embedded systems, FPGAs, microcontrollers, processors, and related hardware; report progress and present technical findings.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in electronics hardware development.
• Proficiency in schematic and board design using Altium, Eagle, OrCAD, or similar tools.
• Experience using power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters, and oscilloscopes to test assembled PCBs or integrated systems.
• Rapid prototyping and strong hardware debugging skills.
• U.S. Person status and eligibility for required U.S. export authorizations are mandatory.

Nice to have

• Experience with computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, filtering, data acquisition, and command and data handling systems.
• Experience writing test plans, qualification procedures, and Python-based automated test scripts.
• Experience with PCBA inspection and IPC-A-610 Class 3 rework.
• Systems engineering experience, including requirements, risk, and integration management.
• Familiarity with NASA-STD 4001, NASA-STD 4003, and MIL-STD-461 or similar standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off to support work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Wellness programs, gym membership options, and additional voluntary benefits.
• Mission-driven work with a technically focused team developing space and defense systems.