Hardware Validation Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: San Carlos, California, United States; on-site

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 annually

Company

hirify.global Corp. develops satellite infrastructure for orbital computing, energy transmission, and secure high-bandwidth optical data.

What you will do

• Lead board bring-up and system validation for advanced edge compute platforms.
• Develop validation methods for signal integrity, power integrity, sequencing, thermal behavior, and reliability.
• Debug hardware and firmware interactions across PCIe, Nvidia NVLink, AMD XGMI, memory, BMC/SMC, and HMC architectures.
• Analyze boards using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and power instrumentation.
• Drive root-cause analysis during validation and environmental testing.
• Partner with mechanical, thermal, firmware, and software teams to define robust flight-ready systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience designing and building compute hardware systems.
• Experience with board design reviews, system validation, or compute hardware engineering.
• Strong knowledge of motherboard architecture, high-speed signaling, power delivery, and system management infrastructure.
• Hands-on debugging experience with oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers, plus scripting or automation in Python, C, or C++.
• Must meet U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements: U.S. citizenship, U.S. lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• 8+ years of experience designing and building compute hardware systems.
• Experience with Redfish or IPMI, spacecraft avionics, power and thermal systems, and environmental testing.
• Radiation testing experience for LEO avionics.
• Track record of ownership and technical leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership of critical spacecraft hardware systems with high autonomy.
• Fast iteration from design to hardware testing in a tightly integrated, cross-disciplinary team.
• Equity in hirify.global Corp.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, and parental leave.
• Relocation assistance if applicable, daily office lunch, and a stocked kitchen.