Principal Mission Assurance Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under space technology export regulations.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own customer-specific mission assurance and quality requirements across design, manufacturing, integration, and testing.
• Implement mission assurance processes and modify existing quality management system processes.
• Prepare mission assurance reports, documentation, and other customer deliverables.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, supply chain, and cross-functional teams during audits, reviews, and program milestones.
• Manage risk activities, supplier requirement flow-down, and compliance actions.
• Lead investigations and dispositions of major nonconformances and failures, and review design and failure review boards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience or training.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or another high-reliability industry.
• Deep working knowledge of NASA, DoD, or similar mission assurance and high-reliability standards.
• Experience developing, documenting, implementing, and tailoring processes.
• Must satisfy U.S. space technology export-control eligibility requirements and work on-site in Austin, Texas.

Nice to have

• Experience with AS9100 Quality Management System compliance.
• Root cause analysis and continuous improvement experience.
• Strong written, verbal, digital, and interpersonal communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, and cross-functional work environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Opportunities to work with leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems.