Lead Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, California, United States. Applicants must be U.S. persons under ITAR requirements.

Annual salary: $160,000–$260,000 USD

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures critical avionics, hydraulic, electrical, and other aerospace and defense components and subsystems.

What you will do

• Lead the electrical engineering function across product design, build, qualification, testing, and production release.
• Manage, hire, mentor, develop, and retain electrical design and test engineers.
• Set technical standards, design review processes, engineering best practices, and documentation controls.
• Provide hands-on oversight of schematics, component selection, de-rating analyses, PCBA layout, debugging, and bench work.
• Lead or support functional, environmental, and acceptance qualification testing under DO-160, MIL-STD, and applicable aerospace standards.
• Partner with mechanical, software, build engineering, program management, business development, customers, and senior leadership to deliver integrated hardware systems and expand the electrical product catalog.

Requirements

• Substantial electrical engineering experience with aerospace or defense hardware from concept through flight qualification and production.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams and developing strong technical talent.
• Deep technical fluency in power electronics, analog and digital circuit design, PCBA layout, component selection, and qualification testing.
• Hands-on debugging and bench-work experience in a technical leadership role.
• Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and other aerospace qualification and certification frameworks.
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR: a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected person.

Culture & Benefits

• Player-coach environment combining hands-on technical leadership with team and process development.
• Fast-paced work with minimal bureaucracy and an emphasis on ownership, rigor, speed, and pragmatic tradeoffs.
• Opportunity to work on flight-critical hardware for aerospace, defense, and infrastructure platforms.
• Focus on optimizing product reliability, lead time, cost, and production scalability.