Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer - Mixed-Signal DSP Hardware Engineer

Location: San Diego, California, US; onsite role with a 9/80 first-shift schedule. Applicants must be able to obtain an interim Secret security clearance; security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Salary: $106,500–$197,500 annually in California.

Company

hirify.global develops defense technology and end-to-end solutions across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for national security missions.

What you will do

• Lead architecture, detailed design, schematic capture, component selection, derating, worst-case analysis, and documentation for mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and DSP hardware.
• Develop receiver, transmitter, direct-conversion, and modem signal chains using high-speed ADCs, DACs, AFEs, PLLs, clock distribution, FPGA or ASIC interfaces, power supplies, and GHz-class signal interfaces.
• Design high-speed data paths, converter interfaces, synchronization, throughput-critical processing chains, and digital platforms supporting or implementing DSP functions.
• Guide PCB layout and board implementation, including stack-up, placement, controlled impedance, grounding, isolation, power distribution, signal integrity, power integrity, jitter, phase noise, and noise performance.
• Perform trade studies, simulations, hardware bring-up, component-level debugging, design verification, troubleshooting, integration, manufacturing, and production support.
• Collaborate with FPGA, ASIC, RF, DSP, software, systems, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering teams while providing technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of prior related experience, or a graduate degree with 4+ years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain an interim Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience designing mixed-signal and high-speed digital hardware with ADCs, DACs, AFEs, FPGA and ASIC interfaces, high-speed data paths, and DSP-supporting hardware.
• Understanding of direct-conversion, modem, communications, and signal-processing architectures, including timing, synchronization, clocking, throughput, and JESD204 converter interfaces.
• Experience optimizing DSP hardware platforms and partitioning functions across hardware, programmable logic, embedded processing, and software-defined modem implementations.
• Experience with signal integrity, power integrity, low-noise power design, GHz-class board implementation, and point-of-load power supplies for high-performance devices.
• Familiarity with RF principles, direct RF sampling, integrated AFEs, modern converter-based architectures, PLLs, synthesizers, jitter-cleaning clocks, clock buffering, and phase-coherent timing systems.
• Experience with schematic capture, design analysis, laboratory debugging, design verification testing, SI/PI simulation, and high-speed mixed-signal PCB layout guidance.
• Familiarity with EVM, SNR, SFDR, ENOB, phase noise, I/Q imbalance, and LO leakage metrics.
• Experience with RF and high-frequency modem architecture, DSP integration, hardware/FPGA/ASIC/firmware/software partitioning, and complete communications subsystem implementation.
• Experience supporting high-reliability, military, or aerospace hardware development; strong communication skills and effectiveness in multidisciplinary engineering environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and engaging environment focused on professional growth, work-life success, community commitment, and excellence.
• Health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and an employee assistance program.
• Education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
• Benefits and available programs may vary by hire date, schedule type, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.