Satellite Network Operations Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, United States; on-site role

Base salary: $130,000–$175,000 USD per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates advanced satellites and dedicated secure satellite networks for commercial enterprises, sovereign governments, and the U.S. military.

What you will do

• Design, test, execute, and maintain procedures for satellite network deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Investigate anomalies and service degradations, coordinate resolutions with satellite operations and engineering teams, and perform root cause analysis.
• Develop monitoring and alerting tools and automate manual processes with scripting and software.
• Analyze customer requirements and design maintainable, scalable, and secure network solutions.
• Support in-field deployment of ground systems and integration with customer networks.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners supporting commercial and government networks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Networking, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field, or 2+ years of professional experience in telecommunications, networking, or space systems engineering.
• 0–2 years of hands-on technical experience, including internships, academic research, student engineering teams, or laboratory work.
• Familiarity with RF concepts including signal-to-noise ratio, link budgets, modulation and coding schemes, and basic radio hardware.
• Understanding of switching and routing, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP and UDP, and the OSI stack.
• Strong programming fundamentals and practical scripting experience with Bash or Python.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
• Applicants do not need to meet every listed criterion.

Nice to have

• Experience with satellite mission operations, ground station operations, or MOC/NOC environments.
• Hands-on experience with RF test equipment or software-defined radios, including GNU Radio.
• Knowledge of RF terminals, antennas, satellite payloads, VSAT hub systems, modulators, and demodulators.
• Familiarity with DVB-S2/DVB-S2X and TDMA/SCPC return links.
• Experience with Linux servers, Cisco and Juniper networking equipment, and FortiGate firewalls.
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, ICMP, DHCP, VLANs, NAT, SNMP, KVM, and similar virtualization infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity through incentive stock options.
• Company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, and 401(k) retirement planning.
• Flexible paid time off and free on-site catered meals.
• U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status is required to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.
• Inclusive workplace welcoming applicants regardless of gender, race, creed, or background.