Sensor Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, United States

Salary: $90,000–$120,000 annual base salary, excluding additional benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing aerospace startup that manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and manufacturing-focused hardware.

What you will do

• Own sensor products across conceptualization, architecture, design, analysis, prototyping, qualification, and production.
• Provide technical solutions, guidance, and documentation as the hardware Responsible Engineering Authority during production.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and tasking within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Define and execute sensor verification, validation, qualification, and test campaigns, including test plans, procedures, reports, and test stations.
• Lead failure investigations and root cause analyses, incorporating lessons learned into future designs.
• Perform system- and component-level trade studies and collaborate across structures, thermal, optics, avionics, software, GNC, manufacturing, mission assurance, and supply chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, optical, mechanical, computer, or software engineering, applied physics, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience developing, prototyping, integrating, and/or testing multidisciplinary systems.
• Experience with hardware, project, or product ownership.
• Strong understanding of test engineering fundamentals and methodologies.
• Leadership, time management, organizational skills, and the ability to create clean-sheet subsystem architectures.
• Self-motivation and willingness to learn in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.

Nice to have

• 1–2 years of experience in aerospace, automotive, or other technical product development or testing.
• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or applied physics discipline.
• Experience developing, designing, implementing, or testing sensor systems.
• Familiarity with DFM/DFMA principles, satellite systems, space environments, hardware product lifecycles, and project management techniques.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation and comprehensive company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off starting at 15 vacation days, growing to 20+ days annually, plus 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and eight weeks of paid parental leave.
• Childcare reimbursement for work-related travel, daily catered lunch, unlimited snacks, and a fully equipped workspace.
• In-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office, with flexibility to integrate work and life.
• Office socials, sports activities, run club, and family gatherings.