Senior GNC Engineer II - Mission Formulation (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Long Beach, California or Littleton, Colorado, United States. Candidates working in U.S. offices must meet applicable ITAR authorization requirements.

Base pay: $162,000–$216,000 USD annually for California.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for commercial and classified space missions.

What you will do

• Serve as the GNC contact for business development proposals and mission definition.
• Develop launch and mission operational concepts, orbital and suborbital trajectories, and mission analyses.
• Work with customers and external stakeholders to define mission-specific requirements and document GNC solutions.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo simulations, and verification of trajectories, GNC, and flight-code performance.
• Develop and release flight code for ground testing, launch, and mission operations.
• Conduct flight-safety analyses, provide day-of-launch support, verify AFTS hardware and software readiness, and automate GNC modeling and analysis tasks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in engineering or analytical roles.
• Proven experience developing real-time control and/or estimation algorithms for autonomous vehicles, preferably launch vehicles.
• For U.S. office work, eligibility under applicable ITAR export-control regulations is required, such as U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylum status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorization.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing engineering projects, and collaborate across engineering and production teams.

Nice to have

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience with requirements assessments, interface control documents, and Git.
• Experience with dynamics modeling, simulation, control systems, Python, MATLAB, SciPy, and C/C++.
• Experience with POST, ASTOS, TAOS, or similar mission analysis, trajectory optimization, vehicle design, and simulation tools.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and planning skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Company stock and an employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and an HDHP option with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include subsidized EV charging, fitness and gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Work involves computer-based engineering and may include occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.