Lead Systems Engineer (VTVL)

Location: Onsite in Mojave, California, United States. Applicants must be U.S. Persons under ITAR and EAR requirements and must be eligible to obtain required export authorizations.

Base salary: $100,000–$150,000 USD annually, excluding benefits and bonuses.

Company

hirify.global develops mission-critical technologies for space, defense, and national security applications.

What you will do

• Lead technical design, development, integration, and testing for propulsion systems and VTVL vehicles.
• Define and manage concepts of operations, mission and system requirements, configurations, technical budgets, and trade studies.
• Develop fault-management, interface-control, verification and validation, and test-planning products.
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, presentations, and demonstrations across concept and engineering development phases.
• Support technical proposals for mission and technology development opportunities.
• Work with engineering partners and customers to resolve system and requirements-related technical risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field and at least five years of relevant space mission experience, including leadership experience.
• Experience in multiple relevant areas, including liquid propellant rocket systems, propulsion, avionics or electronics, software, embedded systems, systems engineering, integration and test, verification and validation, or configuration management.
• Experience serving as a technical lead across the full life cycle of design, development, manufacturing, testing, and operations.
• Hands-on hardware experience is required.
• Must be a U.S. Person and eligible to obtain required export authorizations under ITAR and EAR.

Nice to have

• Experience developing liquid propellant rocket propulsion systems from feasibility studies through flight and mission operations.
• Knowledge of propulsion manufacturing, V&V planning, reliability engineering, range safety compliance, or relevant aerospace regulations and standards.
• Experience in AS9100 or ISO9000 environments and familiarity with Agile tools such as Confluence, Jira, or Jama.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off supporting work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, with significant company premium contributions.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Wellness programs, voluntary benefits, and employee support resources.
• Opportunity to work in an innovative, mission-driven aerospace environment.