Lead Electrical Engineer (Spacecraft)

Location: Onsite in Redmond, Washington, United States. Candidates must be eligible to access information controlled under U.S. export laws and must be a U.S. person or otherwise authorized under U.S. export regulations.

Annual salary: $200,000–$250,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is building spacecraft-based data centers that use solar power and radiative cooling to scale computing capacity in orbit.

What you will do

• Own the electrical architecture for spacecraft and payloads, including power generation, storage, distribution, conversion, avionics interfaces, compute interfaces, harnessing, and grounding.
• Lead trade studies covering power architecture, battery sizing, solar arrays, power conversion, redundancy, fault protection, and avionics integration.
• Prototype novel electrical architectures, test them on the ground, and validate them in orbit.
• Deliver flight hardware from concept and design through procurement, manufacturing, integration, qualification, testing, and launch.
• Own board-, subsystem-, and spacecraft-level electrical testing and use test data and on-orbit telemetry to improve future designs.
• Hire, manage, and mentor the electrical engineering team while partnering with mechanical, thermal, avionics, software, systems, manufacturing, test, and operations functions.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical, Computer, or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on electrical engineering experience covering design, analysis, hardware development, integration, and testing.
• Deep experience with power electronics, power distribution, batteries, solar arrays, grounding, EMI/EMC, harnessing, and avionics interfaces.
• Track record of delivering electrical hardware optimized for performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and schedule.
• Ability to manage engineers while remaining deeply hands-on.
• Must meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements as a U.S. person or otherwise be authorized under U.S. export regulations.

Nice to have

• Formal leadership of an electrical engineering team.
• Spacecraft electrical hardware or other mission-critical hardware used in harsh environments.
• High-power systems experience in spacecraft, data centers, automotive power electronics, grid-scale power, industrial controls, robotics, aviation, or defense.
• Hands-on PCB development, harness fabrication, connector selection, EMI/EMC control, and manufacturing-constrained integration.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person work within a small team of engineers in Redmond.
• Fast, iterative design-build-test-fly development with unconventional architectures.
• Stock options and discretionary bonuses.
• Medical, vision, dental, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, paid parental leave, vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed for critical project milestones.