Senior Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Denver, Colorado; must be located near Denver, CO. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed aerospace startup developing, operating, and selling stratospheric balloon systems for applications including wildfire monitoring, urban mapping, and government missions.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and testing of electrical systems for high-altitude balloons.
• Develop custom battery packs, battery management systems, and support UN testing.
• Own PCB schematic capture, layout reviews, design documentation, and vendor interactions.
• Create and execute test plans to validate hardware performance and reliability.
• Build and modify boards for rapid prototyping and integrate electrical systems with mechanical and firmware subsystems.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues during development, integration, and flight operations while mentoring junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in electrical system design, prototyping, and testing.
• Proficiency with PCB design tools such as Altium.
• Strong knowledge of analog and digital circuit design.
• Experience using laboratory equipment, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, and spectrum analyzers.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills; US citizenship or permanent residency and location near Denver are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace or high-reliability systems.
• RF interference and cross-talk management experience.
• Battery pack integration and management systems experience, including BQ configuration.
• Environmental testing experience involving thermal, vibration, or vacuum conditions.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, firmware development, or FPGA programming.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a small, supportive team of engineers, makers, developers, and doers.
• Team culture emphasizes candor, inclusion, respect, and empowerment.
• Contribute to weekly stratospheric flight operations and the development of high-reliability aerospace systems.