Senior Mission Integration Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, United States. U.S. Person status is required to access export-controlled data. The role is based at the Playa Vista office and involves travel to launch sites.

Salary: $140,000–$190,000 annual base salary, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing aerospace startup that manufactures satellite buses at scale for Earth observation, communications, and other space applications.

What you will do

• Define end-to-end mission architectures covering spacecraft, launch vehicles, ground systems, and operations.
• Lead payload integration, spacecraft-level environmental testing, launch vehicle integration, and mission integration and test planning.
• Perform orbital mechanics, trajectory planning, deployment strategy, coupled loads, thermal, and electromagnetic compatibility analyses.
• Develop mission budgets for power, mass, data, and pointing, while managing system-level risks, requirements, verification, validation, and FMEA activities.
• Act as the primary technical liaison for customers, internal engineering teams, government entities, prime contractors, and external partners.
• Lead technical documentation, customer design reviews, proposal support, launch-site activities, and operational-orbit support.

Requirements

• U.S. Person status required for access to export-controlled data.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience with complex hardware systems, spacecraft, or technical capture management.
• Strong knowledge of space systems, launch vehicle mechanics, orbital dynamics, mission operations, and spacecraft or payload engineering.
• Experience with satellite manufacturing or aerospace, defense, or high-tech industries; CubeSat, small-satellite, or rideshare mission integration experience is required.
• Familiarity with flight software, embedded systems, space communications protocols, and tools such as Python, MATLAB, STK, FreeFlyer, or GMAT.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation and a startup environment focused on significant impact in aerospace.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, plus life insurance.
• 15+ vacation days, paid holidays, and eight weeks of paid parental leave with childcare reimbursement for work-related travel.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Catered lunches, snacks, office events, family gatherings, and a Playa Vista office designed for in-person collaboration.