Senior RF Printed Circuit Board Layout Engineer (RF)

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

Salary: $125,000–$160,000 per year, with equity and flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global builds 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

• Own RF PCB layout from component placement through manufacturing release in Altium Designer.
• Define stack-ups, controlled-impedance routing, grounding, shielding, and isolation strategies.
• Translate schematics and RF performance requirements into layouts with connector launches, transitions, filtering, and protection circuitry.
• Collaborate with RF, electrical, antenna, mixed-signal, mechanical, and test engineers on constraints, design reviews, and first-pass risk reduction.
• Drive DFM/DFT work with fabrication and assembly partners, including manufacturing documentation and release artifacts.
• Support lab bring-up, RF characterization, prototype qualification, and environmental testing.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with PCB layout, fabrication, and release for RF or high-performance electronics.
• Experience with RF and microwave layout, controlled-impedance routing, launches and transitions, grounding, shielding, and isolation.
• Ability to develop PCB stack-ups and layout constraints for high-frequency electronics.
• Experience with manufacturing release, DFM/DFT, and collaboration with fabrication and assembly partners.
• Strong teamwork, communication, self-direction, accountability, and ability to work under significant time constraints.

Nice to have

• Experience with Allegro or OrCAD.
• Experience with EM and RF analysis workflows such as HFSS, CST, or ADS Momentum.
• Experience troubleshooting VNA, spectrum analyzer, and system-testing results.
• Experience taking RF hardware from prototype through qualification and environmental testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across hardware engineering, software, and aerospace disciplines.
• Culture focused on curiosity, technical expertise, trust, respect, and bold engineering.
• Competitive compensation, generous equity, and flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.
• Work on Earth-observation satellite technology supporting critical real-world applications.

Hiring process

• Three interviews conducted via Zoom.
• The typical process takes approximately 3–5 weeks from start to finish.