Senior Systems Engineer, Mission Autonomy (Aerospace)

Location: Boston, United States; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is a publicly traded aerospace and defense company developing an autonomous pilot system for aircraft from takeoff through touchdown.

What you will do

• Develop systems engineering plans, processes, subsystem features, functions, requirements, architectures, and interfaces.
• Manage systems engineering tasking and align hardware, software, safety, and other engineering disciplines.
• Define subsystem test methods and testing strategies, and support verification and validation activities.
• Review concepts of operation, system engineering artifacts, architectures, requirements, and interfaces with customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities.
• Define and document autonomous behaviors and functions for AI-enabled flight-control systems.
• Navigate new product development while maintaining safety across experimental, safety-critical systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 6–9 years of systems engineering experience, or equivalent experience with an MS or PhD.
• Experience developing flight-control systems with machine learning or autonomy aspects.
• Experience solving complex architectural and systems engineering problems.
• Experience with requirements management tools and processes.
• Ability to develop system-level requirements, architectures, and interfaces and perform requirements validation and verification.

Nice to have

• Experience with FAA, EASA, or DOD certification programs.
• Experience certifying avionics equipment using ARP4754A and RTCA DO-178B/C.
• Experience with automatic flight controls, flight management, display systems, software requirements, or software verification.
• Knowledge of FAA, EASA, or DOD regulations and standards, as well as model-based systems engineering.
• Familiarity with Simulink, Cameo, IADS, or Jama.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on autonomous flight systems for commercial and defense aviation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, customers, suppliers, partners, and regulatory authorities.
• Full-time employees receive top-tier benefits.
• Compensation includes base salary and highly competitive equity grants.