Station Chief Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Houston, United States. The role is generally office-based and may involve inside or outside work depending on the task.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial human spaceflight services, advanced spacesuits, and next-generation orbital infrastructure through Axiom Station.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end systems engineering implementation for major elements of Axiom Station across the full lifecycle.
• Define station concepts, architectures, functional analyses, and product breakdown structures.
• Develop, validate, and manage technical requirements and integrated system and subsystem performance assessments.
• Lead internal and external integration, interface definition and control, risk reduction, and verification and validation.
• Define and oversee configuration, data, risk, variance, and waiver management processes.
• Communicate project progress, status, and potential issues to stakeholders and senior leadership while maintaining agile project management practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or a related engineering discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of systems engineering experience across concepts, requirements, design support, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience managing full lifecycle activities from concept and planning through execution and close-out.
• Experience with spaceflight programs, payloads, spacecraft, or space vehicles; NASA human spaceflight experience is preferred.
• Strong writing, presentation, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Additional export-control screening may be required for access to technical data or technology subject to NASA regulations, ITAR, or EAR; meeting these requirements is a condition of employment.

Nice to have

• Experience in startup organizations.
• INCOSE CSEP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on human space exploration and the development of orbital infrastructure.
• Inclusive environment built around leadership, innovation, teamwork, accountability, technical rigor, and execution discipline.
• Evening and weekend work may be required to meet critical project milestones.
• Work may include extended periods of sitting or standing and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.