Senior Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite at the Long Beach location

Salary: $137,760–$230,472 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations, including the Haven Station program, to support human presence in space, microgravity research, manufacturing, and a new space economy.

What you will do

• Define, manage, and maintain technical requirements, design baselines, product breakdown structures, and engineering lifecycle documentation.
• Lead product readiness and maturity across multiple engineering disciplines through major design milestones.
• Own verification and validation plans, including technical inputs, outputs, and success criteria.
• Review design implementations against requirements and drive resolution of non-compliances.
• Lead company-wide systems engineering standards and guide technical decisions and configuration changes.
• Collaborate with design and flight reliability teams to assess mission risks, hazards, and system performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in design ownership, systems integration, or test engineering, including at least 1 year focused on systems engineering.
• Experience with responsible engineering, systems engineering, or technical leadership on complex aerospace or other mission- or safety-critical systems.
• Experience with requirements or project management tools and with leading PDR/CDR design reviews and verification campaigns.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication, systems-level intuition, technical leadership, scripting, and data analysis skills.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing under U.S. export control requirements.

Nice to have

• Comprehensive knowledge of a core engineering discipline such as structures, thermal, avionics, power, or flight software.
• Background with spacecraft, aircraft, launch vehicles, or comparable mission- or safety-critical systems.
• Familiarity with industry standards for space systems design and testing.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, Excel, and visualization tools such as Tableau.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) plan.
• Support for critical mission milestones may require evening or weekend work.
• Onsite snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, subsidized lunch, ClassPass credits, and personalized mental healthcare.