Staff Electrical Engineer I - CDH

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site

Salary: $158,000–$189,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Define, implement, and verify satellite avionics systems.
• Maintain spacecraft subsystem architecture, electrical interfaces, block diagrams, and requirements.
• Design in-house electrical solutions and conduct make-or-buy trade studies.
• Develop and validate serial communications, Ethernet networking, EMI mitigation, wiring, connectors, and data interfaces.
• Lead hardware manufacturing, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and flight delivery.
• Communicate technical decisions to engineering teams, program management, company leadership, and executives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; a Master’s degree may count as two years of experience.
• At least 8 years of experience designing, analyzing, manufacturing, testing, and troubleshooting spacecraft electrical systems.
• Strong knowledge of electronics fundamentals, processors, digital I/O, timing signals, power rails, grounding, telemetry, flight software controls, and thermal management.
• Experience defining electrical interface control documents, requirements, digital I/O standards, power interfaces, connectors, and cabling.
• Hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, electronic loads, and signal generators to debug and validate high-reliability electronics.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• Python, C++, MATLAB, or other programming experience.
• Experience evaluating hardware for TID, SEE, EMI, and related effects.
• Familiarity with thermal, shock, vibration, and TVAC environmental testing.
• Experience with ADS SI/PI or similar signal integrity and power integrity tools.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, bare-metal microprocessor programming, control systems, and PMSM/BLDC motor control algorithms.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, and cross-functional work environment.
• Work with a small satellite team developing, launching, and iterating spacecraft.
• Focus on reducing satellite mass and cost while improving performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Full-time employment includes company stock options.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life and disability insurance, and retirement plans.