Staff RF Signal Processing Engineer

Location: Hybrid on-site work 3–5 days per week in Hawthorne, California, or Washington, D.C.; periodic travel up to 30%

Base salary: $180,000–$230,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops defense and sensing products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks for electromagnetic warfare, commercial air operations, and border protection.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, and refine DSP algorithms to detect, identify, and track RF signals.
• Help transform passive radar systems into distributed spectrum-sensing systems.
• Integrate and test signal-processing software with RF/SDR hardware and host-processing platforms.
• Work with recorded and synthetic I/Q data for algorithm development and evaluation.
• Support software integration and field demonstrations of spectrum-sensing technology.
• Collaborate with Spectrum Sensing, Business Development, Production, and Engineering teams.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant development experience with RF sensing systems and advanced signal processing.
• Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of FFT analysis, matched filtering, and cyclostationary analysis.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, or MATLAB for algorithm development and integration.
• Experience with software-defined radios, signal-processing toolkits, recorded I/Q data, and synthetic I/Q data generation.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance required.

Nice to have

• M.S. degree in a relevant technical field and a current U.S. security clearance.
• Expertise in cyclostationary processing, electromagnetic spectrum sensing, and signal classification.
• Experience identifying communication waveforms and applying machine learning to signal classification.
• Experience with tactical applications, RFSOC hardware, DoD or government environments, JIRA, and Confluence.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
• Free daily lunch, stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.
• Periodic travel and collaboration across five global offices.