Instrumentation Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Houston, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global develops rotating detonation rocket engines and detonation ramjets for space, defense, and commercial high-speed flight.

What you will do

• Design, analyze, develop, integrate, and maintain electrical and instrumentation systems for test operations.
• Select, integrate, validate, calibrate, install, wire, and troubleshoot sensors and data acquisition systems.
• Perform signal conditioning, including excitation, amplification, filtering, isolation, scaling, grounding, shielding, and EMI mitigation.
• Design wiring harnesses, instrumentation interfaces, schematics, test procedures, and calibration procedures.
• Integrate instrumentation with mechanical, fluid, inert gas, and cryogenic systems and develop test setups for aerospace hardware.
• Review test data for anomalies and trends, support automated testing with Software, and maintain test infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent hands-on test experience; 7+ years of relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
• 3+ years of experience in instrumentation, controls, or test engineering, including signal conditioning and data acquisition systems.
• Understanding of measurement uncertainty, sampling theory, filtering, noise, grounding, EMI, sensor selection, and sensor signal wiring.
• Hands-on experience with pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers, load cells, strain gauges, flowmeters, switches, valves, power supplies, and NI PXI, cDAQ, or cRIO systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced hardware environment, including outdoor testing and fabrication, and safely lift up to 40 pounds.
• Must meet applicable U.S. ITAR export-control requirements, including being a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Aerospace, propulsion testing, flight test, high-speed or transient data acquisition, cryogenic or high-temperature environment, or hazardous test operations experience.
• Familiarity with LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python, DIAdem, Confluence, Jira, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• 3+ years of experience with CAD modeling, hardware testing, and fluid or mechanical system design.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary, hardware-focused environment emphasizing ownership, innovation, and technical excellence.
• 401(k) plan and stock options.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flex-Friday schedule and unlimited PTO.
• Professional development opportunities.