Staff Systems Engineer, Integration (Aerospace)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts (hybrid strongly preferred), or remote within the United States

Salary: $165,000–$215,000 per year, plus potential equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense company developing a non-human pilot and full-stack autonomy platform for aircraft from takeoff to touchdown.

What you will do

• Guide systems development and requirements traceability from capture and design decisions through final demonstrations across aircraft integrations.
• Develop concepts of operation, functional and physical architectures, system requirements, performance measures, and certification plans.
• Coordinate requirements and interfaces across safety, hardware, software, simulation, and test engineering teams.
• Lead architecture design reviews and act as the primary technical stakeholder across supporting disciplines.
• Manage systems engineering tasking and contribute to development plans and engineering processes.
• Review technical artifacts with customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, systems engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of systems engineering experience in FAA, EASA, or military certification programs, or 8+ years with a master’s degree.
• Experience solving complex architectural and systems engineering problems across aircraft integration and software.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, and test engineering groups.
• Experience with requirements management, system-level architecture and interfaces, and requirements validation and verification.
• Hands-on avionics or integrated mission equipment integration experience using civil or military standards for flight safety, qualification, and airworthiness.

Nice to have

• General aviation aircraft integration experience, including Cessna Caravan.
• Experience with automatic flight controls, flight management, or display systems.
• Experience developing software requirements and performing software verification.
• Knowledge of FAA, EASA, or military regulations and standards.
• Familiarity with Simulink, Cameo, IADS, Jama, or JIRA.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and teamwork.
• Health, dental, and life insurance.
• Unlimited vacation and work-life integration.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Professional development opportunities and equity grants for full-time employees.

Hiring process

• Employment is contingent on background and reference checks.
• Applicants must complete identity and employment eligibility verification after hiring.