Account Executive (Aerospace & Mission Systems)

Location: United States - Remote

Base salary: $145,000–$185,000 per year. The role also includes a commission plan with typical total on-target earnings of $290,000–$370,000.

Company

hirify.global delivers secure, cloud-native software integration, delivery, testing, and deployment solutions for mission-focused public and private organizations.

What you will do

• Own pipeline creation, account strategy, opportunity development, forecasting, and revenue across rotary-wing, fixed-wing, and space launch programs.
• Build relationships with aerospace primes, aircraft manufacturers, launch providers, mission-system integrators, subsystem vendors, Federal Systems Integrators, and government program offices.
• Identify opportunities to modernize software development, integration, accreditation, deployment, and sustainment across aerospace platforms.
• Partner with Solutions Architects and technical teams to map secure, modular software delivery patterns to mission computers, onboard compute, ground systems, integration facilities, and software factories.
• Develop strategic opportunities around digital engineering, modeling and simulation, DevSecOps, disconnected systems, and classified or air-gapped environments.
• Represent hirify.global at industry events, customer engagements, technical demonstrations, program reviews, and partner discussions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success selling complex technology, mission systems, software, or engineering capabilities into aerospace and defense markets.
• Experience with aerospace programs involving aircraft, spacecraft, launch systems, or mission systems, and familiarity with OEMs, primes, government program offices, and integrators.
• Understanding of SAP/SAR programs, classified environments, air-gapped networks, and highly controlled engineering environments.
• Familiarity with Open Mission Systems, modular open systems architectures, mission computers, onboard compute, or related mission-system concepts.
• Understanding of digital engineering, digital twins, modeling and simulation, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, DevSecOps, software factories, containerization, and cloud-native technologies.
• Strong executive communication, relationship management, negotiation, account planning, and complex opportunity development skills.

Nice to have

• Background as a Strategic Account Executive, Aerospace Account Executive, Federal Account Executive, Capture Executive, Mission Systems Business Development Executive, or aerospace technology sales leader.
• Experience developing opportunities early in a program lifecycle before formal procurement exists.
• Experience building new markets and strategic opportunities rather than exclusively managing established accounts.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible time off, federal holidays, Thanksgiving leave, and Christmas and New Year’s leave.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums, plus a health savings account.
• 401(k) retirement plan, company stock options, home office budget, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave and reimbursement for approved training, subscriptions, and conferences.
• Work focused on secure software delivery, Kubernetes, cloud environments, infrastructure as code, GitOps, containers, and open-source technologies.