Staff Component Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Melbourne, Florida, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead selection, standardization, qualification, screening, and performance verification of high-reliability EEE components.
• Define testing and qualification requirements with customers and support aerospace programs by reviewing customer documentation.
• Develop component roadmaps and product upgrade strategies with engineering teams while balancing cost and schedule.
• Author parts plans, process documents, Engineering Change Orders, Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests, and Source Control Drawings.
• Review manufacturer and laboratory screening data for compliance with specifications, purchase orders, and program contracts.
• Support design, reliability, and quality teams through failure analysis, supplier audits, cost analysis, and obsolescence mitigation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant component engineering experience.
• Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening, and derating for military and aerospace applications.
• Experience developing parts plans for high-volume satellite constellations and evaluating screening and qualification in that context.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management systems, including new part requests, part objects, and part attributes.
• U.S. employment eligibility or eligibility to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations is required.

Nice to have

• Technical leadership experience mentoring junior component engineers and educating designers.
• Experience with failure analysis reports, reliability analyses, radiation effects, and tin whisker mitigation.
• Knowledge of EEE component manufacturing processes and experience with RF devices and FPGAs.
• Experience with components used in ground or air applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, cross-functional, and autonomous work environment.
• Opportunities for technical leadership or broader functional management growth.
• Full-time employment includes company stock options.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.