Senior RF Hardware Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Torrance, California, United States. U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility for required U.S. Department of State authorizations is required under ITAR regulations. A Top Secret Security Clearance must be obtained and maintained.

Salary: $140,000–$226,000 annually, depending on level. Equity, performance bonuses, and benefits are also offered.

Company

hirify.global is a space infrastructure company developing phased-array ground stations and communications technology for satellite missions, including national security, global connectivity, and disaster response.

What you will do

• Design RF electronics hardware for next-generation products and improve existing designs for reliability, performance, and manufacturability.
• Create electromagnetic simulation models for amplifiers, filters, and PCB layouts.
• Build and characterize RF circuits, including LNAs, filters, power amplifiers, power circuitry, and digital controls.
• Influence ground network and portal design through RF performance tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with electrical, RF, mechanical, manufacturing, and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of RF design experience across circuits, filters, or antennas.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Eligibility to work with U.S. space technology under ITAR regulations.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Nice to have

• RF line-up design involving non-linearity, noise, output power, and blocker or jammer tolerance.
• Power amplifier, LNA, and filter design experience.
• Point-of-load converter bring-up and I2C/SPI digital interface experience.
• Knowledge of EVM, noise figure, IIP2, IMD, power handling, impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis.
• Python or another programming language for data analysis and test automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible time off and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage with flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement savings plans, equity, and discretionary performance bonuses.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Opportunity to develop systems deployed globally for satellite communications and space missions.