Staff Electrical Design Engineer (Aerospace)

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

Salary: $170,000–$220,000 per year, with flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global builds radar satellite systems and a coordinated satellite constellation for real-time, high-resolution 3D Earth observation.

What you will do

• Develop advanced spacecraft electronic platforms from architecture through manufacturing.
• Design and validate digital and mixed-signal electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms.
• Create requirements, perform system trades, select components, capture schematics, and design complex electronic assemblies.
• Lead prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and test campaigns.
• Iterate on designs using laboratory, environmental, and on-orbit test results.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, risk-reduction planning, and mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field and 7–14 years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing, bringing up, and testing electronics across the hardware life cycle.
• Experience with high-speed board design, PCB layout constraints, signal and power integrity, EMC, EMI mitigation, and thermal or electromagnetic simulation.
• Experience with compute platforms, storage, high-speed interfaces, RF components, power regulation, telemetry, or satellite avionics.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and CAD tools; Altium Designer is preferred, with Allegro or OrCAD experience also relevant.
• Must meet U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in consumer electronics, power electronics, communications, automotive, aerospace, or robotics.
• Experience with LTspice, ADS, Microwave Office, MATLAB, Python, oscilloscopes, or network analyzers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on satellite technology for disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and geopolitical intelligence.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, RF, antenna, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
• Competitive compensation with flexibility between salary and equity.
• Equal-opportunity employment based on merit, competence, and qualifications.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted via Google Meet.
• The typical process takes approximately 2–4 weeks from start to finish.