Principal Radio Systems Engineer (Radar)

Location: Denver, Colorado region, with regular on-site visits and frequent travel to the region; occasional travel to Menlo Park, California

Salary: $213,000 base salary, plus bonus, stock options, and benefits

Company

hirify.global develops global radar networks and AI-enabled analytics for space domain awareness, space traffic management, and satellite operations.

What you will do

• Lead RF system architecture and specifications across multiple radar programs while working with end-use customers and external partners.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and make architectural decisions for complex hardware systems.
• Analyze radar sensor performance and define system, subsystem, component, and board-level requirements.
• Lead the architecture and development of RF, mixed-signal, power, control, timing, and high-performance digital circuitry.
• Optimize designs through simulation and laboratory hardware development, supporting validation and deployment.
• Conduct technical design reviews, mentor engineers, support manufacturing, and investigate field issues and root causes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience designing radio systems.
• Experience with modeling and simulation, systems engineering, requirements management, and validation test plans.
• Strong RF system design knowledge, including noise, linearity, filtering, amplification, timing, and signal synthesis and analysis.
• Hands-on RF hardware development experience and engineering automation using Python.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance and required ITAR authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with radar, aerospace, communications, defense, or other mission-critical electronics systems.
• Experience supporting hardware through manufacturing and deployment and leading technical teams.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art RF electronics, digital system integration, and Altium Designer or equivalent PCB design software.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on technical leadership within a hardware engineering team.
• Collaboration with RF, mechanical, embedded software, manufacturing, and systems engineers.
• Work on mission-critical radar systems supporting commercial and government space operations.
• Compensation includes bonus, stock options, and benefits.