Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer (RF)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Hiring range: $148,000–$222,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops launch vehicles, including the Terran R rocket, to deliver customer payloads to orbit and advance space exploration and innovation.

What you will do

• Own the development, testing, and integration of GPS-based navigation avionics for the Terran R launch vehicle.
• Develop acceptance and qualification test plans and conduct architectural trade studies.
• Support critical sensor infrastructure for booster-stage landing, recovery, and reuse.
• Provide technical guidance across RF systems, including telemetry downlinks, command uplinks, and antenna deployment.
• Collaborate with GNC, propulsion, fluids, mechanical, electrical, software, and stage engineering teams on integrated electronics solutions.
• Mentor hardware engineers, review design analyses, and support RF architecture decisions from design through operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing electronics for harsh environments and mission-critical applications such as launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft, or robotics.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, validation, debugging, and data analysis.
• Strong cross-functional engineering experience developing integrated electronics systems.
• Deep understanding of RF fundamentals, including impedance matching, transmission lines, link budgets, RF propagation, and antenna theory.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of GNSS receiver systems, PVT calculation, satellite tracking and acquisition, error sources, and RF front-end architecture.
• Understanding of RF communication systems, modulation schemes, channel coding, and bit error rate analysis.
• Experience combining GPS, IMU, magnetometer, altimeter, and LiDAR data for navigation solutions.
• Experience with high-speed serial and memory interfaces, SoCs, microcontrollers, and microprocessors.

Culture & Benefits

• High ownership and autonomy across avionics design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and operations.
• Close collaboration between engineering, manufacturing, and test teams with rapid iteration cycles.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.

Hiring process

• Compensation is determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
• Reasonable accommodation is available upon request.