Senior Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $148,000–$222,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets and the Terran R launch vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit and expand access to space exploration.

What you will do

• Design, build, and qualify high-performance spacecraft electronics for compute modules, network switches, storage nodes, and communications terminals.
• Balance CPU, GPU, storage, and network capabilities against spacecraft power, thermal, EMI, mechanical, and reliability constraints.
• Lead hands-on technology development campaigns, including rapid prototyping, interface de-risking, early testing, and performance validation.
• Collaborate with science and software teams to integrate onboard and ground-side computing infrastructure.
• Bring concepts through analysis, prototypes, system integration, and flight-ready hardware.
• Work across internal and external teams in a high-autonomy, iterative development environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing and delivering high-performance digital electronics.
• Experience leading the design, bring-up, and validation of sophisticated board-level electronics.
• Hands-on experience with challenging thermal and electromechanical environments.
• Strong technical communication, problem-solving, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.
• Work location: Long Beach, California, United States.

Nice to have

• Architecture or electrical engineering design experience with non-volatile storage, mobile compute, or server-class computing.
• Experience designing multi-rail power converters with strict sequencing requirements.
• Experience with compute and storage survivability in space and radiation environments.
• Strong practical systems integration and risk management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• High autonomy, ownership, and accountability in a fast-paced development environment.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.