Senior High-Speed PCB Layout Engineer (Altium)

Location: Redwood City, California, United States; on-site. U.S. work authorization meeting ITAR requirements is required, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.

Salary: $125,000–$160,000 per year, with flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global builds radar satellite systems and a coordinated constellation designed to create a high-resolution, real-time 3D map of Earth for disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical intelligence.

What you will do

• Own high-speed PCB layout in Altium from component placement through manufacturing release.
• Define stack-ups, impedance targets, length-matching constraints, reference planes, and return-path strategies.
• Translate schematics and performance requirements into mixed-signal and high-speed digital layouts that meet signal and power integrity targets.
• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, mechanical, and test engineers on constraints, design reviews, and first-pass success.
• Drive DFM/DFT activities with fabrication and assembly partners and prepare manufacturing documentation.
• Support lab bring-up, hardware debugging, qualification, and environmental testing, including investigation of SI/PI issues.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with PCB layout, fabrication, and manufacturing release for high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics.
• Practical knowledge of constraint-driven routing, impedance control, length matching, stack-ups, return paths, reference planes, via transitions, and noise coupling.
• Experience with Altium Designer and clean manufacturing outputs.
• Ability to work on-site in Redwood City, California, and meet U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements.
• Strong teamwork, communication, self-direction, accountability, and ability to work under significant time constraints.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Allegro and/or OrCAD.
• Experience with SI/PI analysis tools such as Ansys SIwave, Keysight Power Analyzer, HyperLynx, or Sigrity.
• Experience taking high-performance hardware from prototype through qualification and environmental testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on next-generation radar satellite technology and a real-time 3D model of Earth.
• Competitive compensation with flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.
• Employment with an equal opportunity employer.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted via Google Meet.
• The typical process takes approximately 2–4 weeks from start to finish.