Staff Engineer, Mission Systems - Fleet Support (Mission Systems)

Location: Dallas, Texas; on-site

Salary: $140,000–$210,000 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity for regular full-time employees.

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems, including Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft.

What you will do

• Serve as the mission systems subject-matter expert for Fleet Support and lead escalated investigations involving payloads, transponders, and externally connected mission systems.
• Diagnose payload integration and performance issues involving power, thermal behavior, compute, configuration, data interfaces, timing, and subsystem interoperability.
• Troubleshoot mission-data outputs, external interfaces, and system-to-system connectivity issues.
• Support the introduction of emerging technologies and mission capabilities into the fielded fleet by identifying integration and validation risks.
• Work with customers, operators, maintainers, and engineering teams to reproduce issues and define corrective actions.
• Support lab validation, hardware integration, test readiness, field demonstrations, and technical documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in payload integration, sensor integration, mission systems, avionics integration, or aircraft systems engineering.
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems spanning hardware, software, networking, and operational workflows.
• Experience across design, integration, testing, and field-support environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in customer-facing technical settings.
• Employment is on-site in Dallas, Texas; offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.

Nice to have

• Experience with EO/IR payloads, radar, transponders, or other externally connected aircraft mission systems.
• Experience with interface control documents, validation planning, and flight-test support.
• Experience introducing new payloads or mission kits into operational fleets.
• Experience with defense, maritime, or expeditionary mission systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employees receive bonus, benefits, and equity.
• hirify.global operates across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
• The company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.