Senior Product Systems Engineer (Space Systems)

Location: Golden, Colorado, United States; Workplace: On-site

Salary: $160,000–$210,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides space infrastructure and end-to-end spacecraft missions for governments, companies, and research institutions, integrating, launching, and operating customer payloads.

What you will do

• Define the overall architecture of the offering across ground and space segments.
• Allocate capabilities across hardware, software, ground, flight, Loft-owned, and external components.
• Evolve the ground processing chain and customer-facing ground software tools as coherent parts of the offering.
• Clarify interaction models between onboard software, ground software, customer software, third-party software, and Loft’s stack.
• Maintain offering-level requirements, interfaces, architectural boundaries, CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, and trade studies.
• Coordinate architecture reviews and cross-functional technical decisions across engineering, product, and operations teams.

Requirements

• Strong systems engineering experience with complex products spanning software and hardware.
• Experience connecting architecture definition, requirements structuring, and engineering implementation.
• Ability to structure complex systems into capabilities, interfaces, requirements, and responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of software-heavy systems, distributed components, APIs, processing chains, and integration patterns.
• Ability to coordinate technical work across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Strong communication, documentation, and engineering judgment skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with space systems, ground segment tooling, onboard software, or customer-facing technical platforms.
• Experience defining integrations involving customer-owned or third-party software.
• Experience with architecture trade studies, capability allocation, and system-level interface management.
• Familiarity with CONOPS, ICDs, and architecture or interface documentation.
• Experience with onboard data processing, cloud-based ground software, and international engineering collaboration.

Culture & Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents.
• FSA and HSA accounts, including an employer HSA contribution.
• Employer-paid life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• Flexible time off, sick leave, 12 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k), equity options, catered office meals, and snacks.
• Relocation assistance when applicable, international collaboration, off-sites, and social events.