Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite. Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain a U.S. export license under ITAR/EAR requirements.

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 per year, plus potential stock options and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops in-space transportation vehicles and propulsion systems for orbital transport, constellation deployment, reentry, and missions beyond Low Earth Orbit.

What you will do

• Develop and own circuit boards for spacecraft electric propulsion systems, with emphasis on actuator drivers and power converters.
• Define subsystem requirements, hardware interfaces, verification approaches, and system-level validation plans.
• Perform circuit-level and subsystem analyses, simulations, trade studies, and development testing.
• Lead board bring-up, laboratory debugging, qualification, flight integration, and operations.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test teams.
• Conduct design reviews and root-cause investigations, improve products through failure analysis, and mentor less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing electrical hardware.
• Expertise in component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and PCB layout.
• Knowledge of analog and power circuit design, ADCs, DACs, op-amps, filtering, power integrity, and signal integrity.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex electronics at the board level.
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain design rationale, and resolve concerns.

Nice to have

• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Experience developing power converters, analog or digital electronics, load switches, engine controllers, or related spacecraft and rocket hardware.
• Experience with radiation-tolerant electrical design, component derating, SEE mitigation, and fault-tolerant architecture.
• Startup or agile development experience.
• Experience with Spice or SIMPLIS simulation engines.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional work across electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test disciplines.
• Opportunities to contribute across the full spacecraft electronics lifecycle, from requirements through flight operations.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan and potential long-term incentives in the form of stock options.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Introductory phone interview followed by technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview and offer stage.