Director, Solutions/Conceptual Design (Space Communications)

Location: Austin, TX, United States; onsite

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Communication Systems Architects.
• Own end-to-end technical solutions for customer opportunities and strategic pursuits, from customer needs and CONOPS through proposal, contract definition, and transition to execution.
• Partner with customers, Business Development, Product, and Engineering to translate mission objectives, operational needs, performance requirements, and constraints into differentiated system architectures.
• Lead architecture-level trades across antennas, RF, digital processing, communications algorithms, firmware, software, networking, and system interfaces.
• Drive system requirements, interfaces, performance allocations, architecture definitions, verification approaches, risks, assumptions, and development strategies.
• Establish architecture standards and technical review practices while identifying reusable capabilities and informing product roadmaps and technology investments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Systems, Aerospace, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related technical field with 11–15 years of related experience; or a related Master’s degree with 9–12 years; or a related PhD with 7–10 years.
• Experience must be in communication systems engineering, system architecture, complex communications systems, payload development, mission systems, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive technical leadership or management experience in system architecture, Chief Engineer, communication systems engineering, or equivalent technical leadership roles.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and owning end-to-end system architectures across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Advanced technical expertise in at least one communications domain, such as communication theory, RF/microwave, antennas and phased arrays, digital communications/DSP, FPGA/digital processing, or communications software.
• Experience leading technical solutions for customer pursuits, proposals, or new business opportunities.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a dynamic, cross-functional, hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work environment.
• Company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Equal Opportunity employment practices.

Hiring process

• hirify.global does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms; unsolicited submissions do not qualify for referral fees.