Spacecraft Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, with in-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office

Salary: $165,000–$200,000 annual base salary, excluding additional benefits.

Company

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

What you will do

• Define and evolve end-to-end satellite system architectures across multiple mission profiles.
• Perform system-level trade studies optimizing performance, reliability, cost, mass, and schedule.
• Analyze and allocate system requirements to spacecraft subsystems and maintain interface control documents.
• Manage platform-level requirements and traceability between customer needs and subsystem designs.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies using margins, sensitivities, and FMEA.
• Collaborate with propulsion, avionics, power, structures, thermal, software, and manufacturing teams through design reviews and qualification.

Requirements

• U.S. Person status required to access export-controlled data.
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 6+ years of experience working on complex hardware systems, preferably spacecraft.
• Strong understanding of satellite subsystems and their interactions.
• Experience with system-level trade studies, requirements definition, and interface management.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience developing satellite platforms or spacecraft buses.
• Familiarity with requirements management or modeling tools such as SysML, Jira, and Excel.
• Experience supporting early validation or risk-reduction testing.
• Familiarity with aerospace systems engineering best practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation and a fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision package for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off starting at 15 vacation days, increasing to 20+ days annually, plus 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, and childcare reimbursement for work-related travel.
• Daily catered lunch, unlimited snacks, a desk setup, and productivity tools.
• In-person collaboration, office community events, and the opportunity to work with aerospace and new-space experts.