Senior RF Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Redwood City, California, United States. ITAR eligibility is required: U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain the required U.S. authorizations.

Salary: $150,000–$170,000 per year, plus competitive pay, equity, and flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global builds advanced radar satellite systems that create high-resolution, real-time 3D maps of Earth for disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical intelligence.

What you will do

• Develop RF electronic subsystems from architecture and design through manufacturing.
• Design receive and transmit chains, switching networks, filters, protection circuitry, and bias and control systems.
• Define RF subsystems and conduct design trade studies involving noise figure, linearity, output power, stability, spurious performance, and power consumption.
• Lead prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, characterization, and RF test campaigns.
• Collaborate with RF systems, antenna, mixed-signal, mechanical, firmware, and test engineers.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, risk-reduction planning, and mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field and 4–7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in electronics design, hardware bring-up, and testing.
• Strong knowledge of electromagnetic theory and RF fundamentals, including S-parameters, transmission lines, stability analysis, and impedance matching.
• Hands-on experience designing RF hardware such as LNAs, power amplifiers, mixers, switches, filters, couplers, and protection circuitry.
• Experience with RF modeling, simulation, schematic capture, RF test equipment, EMC requirements, and EMI mitigation.
• Strong teamwork, communication, self-direction, and accountability in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, applied physics, or a related field.
• Experience with PLLs, VCOs, frequency references, low-jitter clock distribution, and timing-critical RF subsystems.
• Experience with ADS, Microwave Office, HFSS, Altium Designer, Allegro, or OrCAD.
• Experience taking RF hardware through qualification and environmental testing with manufacturing and test partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across hardware engineering, software, and aerospace disciplines.
• Culture emphasizing technical expertise, curiosity, trust, and bold engineering.
• Competitive compensation with generous equity and salary-equity flexibility.
• Employee-focused environment with opportunities for growth and technical impact.

Hiring process

• Three interviews conducted via Zoom.
• Typical process duration is approximately 3–5 weeks from start to finish.