Board Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Redwood City, California, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops radar satellite systems for real-time, high-resolution 3D Earth observation supporting disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical intelligence.

What you will do

• Design advanced electronic platforms and printed circuit assemblies for radar payloads and on-orbit processing systems.
• Define requirements, perform system trades, select components, capture schematics, and design complex electronic assemblies.
• Develop high-density digital, mixed-signal, power, RF-interface, and compute hardware for small satellite platforms.
• Lead prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and test campaigns.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, RF, antenna, digital, mechanical, and systems engineers.
• Iterate designs based on laboratory, environmental, and on-orbit test results.

Requirements

• Experience with board design and layout, electronics manufacturing, bring-up, and testing.
• 4+ years of electrical engineering experience delivering products from concept through production.
• Experience with high-speed board design, PCB stack-up, fabrication, floorplanning, component placement and routing, simulation, and measurement.
• Hands-on experience with SoCs, FPGAs, MCUs, DDR, SSDs, PCIe, SPI, JESD204B, and RF components such as PAs, LNAs, and switches.
• Expertise in signal and power integrity simulation and measurement, including oscilloscopes and network analyzers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain the authorizations required under ITAR.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Experience in consumer electronics, power electronics, communications, automotive, aerospace, or robotics.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across hardware engineering, software, and aerospace disciplines.
• Fast-paced environment emphasizing technical expertise, curiosity, and bold engineering.
• Flexible salary and equity compensation mix with low-, medium-, or high-equity options.
• Full-time benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, and commuter benefits.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted via Google Meet, with a potential on-site visit.
• The typical process takes approximately 3–5 weeks from start to finish.