Systems Engineer III (Aerospace)

Location: Fully onsite at the Centennial, Colorado office, United States

Base salary: $105,000–$190,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority and national defense.

What you will do

• Define and document mission objectives, system requirements, and operational concepts with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain requirements traceability and support verification planning across multiple vehicles and systems.
• Translate customer and mission needs into engineering solutions and support system trade studies, performance evaluations, and feasibility assessments.
• Develop system-level integration and verification plans, conduct end-to-end testing, and support mission operations during testing and real-time execution.
• Coordinate with subsystem teams to troubleshoot integration challenges and prepare technical reports, presentations, and design-review inputs.
• Analyze system performance, reliability, safety, mission effectiveness, and operational risks, including collision risks, and propose mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of applicable experience in systems engineering or a related aerospace domain.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to coordinate across hardware and software boundaries.
• Ability to support cross-functional technical teams and develop subsystem domain knowledge.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP U.S. government security clearance.
• Compliance with U.S. space technology export regulations, including ITAR, requiring U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligible authorization.

Nice to have

• Experience with design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program.
• Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing design-to-delivery cycles.
• Expertise with Model-Based Systems Engineering, range certification, test readiness reviews, or safety boards.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and experience with defense or classified space missions, DoD or NASA standards, and government space programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on autonomous spacecraft, mission software, advanced payloads, and space-based defense systems.
• Health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• 401(k), parental leave, and equity participation.
• Onsite collaboration across engineering, mission operations, government, and customer stakeholders.