Sr. Staff Systems Engineer (Aircraft Systems)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; hybrid work with onsite attendance at the Mountain View office three days per week

Salary: $193,000–$241,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops safe, all-electric, autonomous aircraft for urban mobility.

What you will do

• Define and develop systems engineering artifacts supporting ARP4754A and ARP4761 compliance.
• Review and drive safety-critical systems integration activities using systems engineering practices and lessons learned.
• Lead trade studies for optimized system architectures meeting performance, size, weight, power, and safety requirements.
• Own schedules and end-to-end integration activities covering mass, power, regulatory compliance, preliminary risk assessments, and major technical issues.
• Develop execution strategies with engineering leaders across multiple integrated product teams.
• Support system development, validation, integration, testing, flight-test, and aircraft certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 12 years of experience, or master’s degree in engineering with 8 years of experience in aircraft integration, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience decomposing and managing requirements, allocating functions, and working with certification and systems safety teams on certification deliverables.
• Expertise with ARP4754A, DO-160, ARP4761, Part 23/25 regulations, AC XX.1309, or similar standards.
• Familiarity with DO-178C and DO-254.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Polarion, DOORS, Teamcenter Requirements Management, or Requiem.
• Previous system development, design, manufacturing, or flight-test experience, including work with complex aircraft systems, avionics, flight controls, or propulsion systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Nine off Fridays, flexible vacation time, and 11 company holidays for full-time employees.
• 401(k) plan with 50% company matching, vested immediately.
• Commuter assistance and education assistance.
• Catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks and drinks, charitable giving match, employee referral bonuses, and patent bonus program.