RF Test Technician

Location: Torrance, California, United States

Salary: $92,500–$129,500 USD annually, base salary only; equity grants may also be included in total compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company designing and manufacturing high-performance unmanned systems and rebuilding the U.S. drone industrial base.

What you will do

• Build, modify, and maintain RF test setups, coax assemblies, RF switch harnesses, cables, fixtures, and lab hardware.
• Prepare equipment, execute qualification and acceptance test plans, record results, and escalate issues.
• Perform soldering, rework, connector installation, harness assembly, labeling, and other hands-on laboratory tasks.
• Prepare RF hardware and test equipment for flight tests and support field setup, troubleshooting, and teardown.
• Operate or learn to operate spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, power meters, attenuators, RF switches, and test radios.
• Maintain organized, repeatable, and execution-ready laboratory and production test areas.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of hands-on technician, electronics lab, production test, RF lab, avionics, robotics, drone, automotive, or related hardware experience.
• Strong soldering skills, including wire, connector, and small-electronics rework.
• Experience building cables, harnesses, coax assemblies, or electromechanical test fixtures.
• Ability to follow test procedures, record results, label hardware, and maintain organized, repeatable work.
• Basic familiarity with multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, crimpers, heat shrink, and hand tools.
• Willingness to support flight tests, production test setups, and hands-on laboratory work.

Nice to have

• RF, antenna, wireless test, drone, aerospace, or production test experience.
• Experience with SMA, MMCX, U.FL, or N-type connectors, coax routing, RF shielding, attenuators, or RF switch matrices.
• Field-test, flight-test, or outdoor hardware test experience.
• IPC soldering certification, J-STD-001 experience, or similar electronics workmanship training.
• Basic Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or test automation exposure.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-moving, hands-on hardware environment focused on moving systems from design to deployment.
• Work supports engineering qualification, production acceptance, and flight testing of unmanned systems.
• Base salary is supplemented by potentially competitive equity grants.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided without regard to protected characteristics or veteran or disability status.