Senior SATCOM Systems Engineer (SATCOM)

Location: San Diego, California, United States

Salary: $140,000–$155,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides engineering and advanced technology solutions for intelligence, national security, and space defense programs.

What you will do

• Analyze and define modem and RF subsystem architectures for military and commercial SATCOM systems.
• Evaluate modulation, coding, multiple access, waveform performance, spectral efficiency, and interference mitigation.
• Develop link budgets, system performance models, and actionable requirements across RF, IF, baseband, and Layer 2 interfaces.
• Support SoC- and FPGA-based modem implementations, including hardware/software partitioning decisions.
• Integrate and test modem and terminal subsystems in laboratory and field environments.
• Lead technical reviews, interface with customers and defense stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in communications system development.
• Hands-on experience with modem, waveform, or RF subsystem design or integration, including system-level testing.
• Strong knowledge of RF engineering, digital communications theory, modulation, coding, synchronization, detection, and multiple access schemes.
• Experience with adaptive coding and modulation, link budget analysis, FPGA or SoC-based modem architectures, and MATLAB or equivalent tools.
• Active DoD SECRET clearance and experience with DoD or defense communications programs required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a communications, RF, or signal processing concentration.
• Experience with MILSATCOM systems such as WGS, AEHF, or MUOS, or with commercial SATCOM systems.
• Experience with protected waveforms, secure modem architectures, and DSP implementations in C/C++ or HDL.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and technically stimulating environment focused on innovation and national security impact.
• 40 scheduled hours per week.
• Potential bonuses, relocation benefits, incentives, or discretionary performance payments depending on role and policy.
• Potential 401(k) matching, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible spending account, and paid time off.
• Professional training, development, and career advancement opportunities.