Avionics Design Reliability Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite. The role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information, so candidates must be U.S. persons or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $162,360–$265,392 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations, including the Haven-1 human-rated space station, for microgravity research, manufacturing, and a permanent human presence in space.

What you will do

• Guide the design, verification, and validation of Haven-1 avionics, RF, and power systems.
• Lead FMEA and fault tree analysis, quantify failure risks, and drive design improvements.
• Review hardware designs, manufacturing drawings, test plans, and verification and validation data.
• Set standards for acceptance and qualification testing of flight systems and support hardware integration and test.
• Develop engineering standards, design criteria, review templates, reliability checklists, and automation tools.
• Coordinate design changes, configuration management, risk management, and traceability across engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 6 years of experience in responsible engineering, design ownership, systems integration, test engineering, or reliability-focused development.
• Experience with hardware design, assembly, integration, or testing for aerospace or other mission- or safety-critical systems.
• Knowledge of reliability methodologies, fracture control, human-rated hardware standards, manufacturing processes, materials selection, and qualification pathways.
• Strong scripting and data analysis skills using Python, MATLAB, or Excel, plus familiarity with visualization tools.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• 10 or more years of related professional experience.
• Experience in responsible engineering, systems engineering, Office of the Chief Engineer, or reliability engineering roles on complex aerospace systems.
• Experience creating engineering standards, review templates, or technical guidance frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan, mental healthcare, ClassPass credits, and other discounts.
• Onsite food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch.
• Overtime or weekend work may be required during critical mission milestones.