RF Antenna Engineer

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Base salary: $110,000–$170,000 per year, plus equity

Company

hirify.global develops and mass-produces high-power satellite platforms for commercial and U.S. government missions across multiple orbits.

What you will do

• Lead research, design, and procurement of antenna measurement assets, including anechoic chambers and near-field scanners.
• Qualify RF and antenna hardware through vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing.
• Support design and validation testing for RF and microwave hardware from UHF 200 MHz through Ka band 30 GHz.
• Execute development and production tests for internal and external customer requirements.
• Collaborate with antenna, RF, FPGA, DSP, software, mechanical, and electrical engineers to integrate designs into spacecraft systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer, electrical, aerospace engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in microwave, RF, or antenna engineering.
• Experience with RF test equipment, including vector network analyzers and spectrum analyzers.
• Experience with anechoic chambers and antenna measurement assets such as near-field scanners.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-velocity startup environment.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Experience with space-electronics environmental testing, including thermal, vibration, TVAC, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing.
• Experience with RF systems testing, antenna characterization, and insertion-loss testing.
• Experience with antenna and electromagnetic modeling tools such as Ansys Electronics Desktop HFSS and Altair FEKO.
• Experience developing software-defined radio hardware, high-speed RF data converters, clock trees, and data converter interfaces.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on high-power satellite platforms intended for missions from LEO to deep space.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced startup environment.
• Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, paid parental leave, equity, and additional employee perks.