RF Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Atlanta, GA, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops aircraft and ground station systems requiring integrated avionics, communications, telemetry, navigation, and flight-test capabilities.

What you will do

• Define RF system requirements, architectures, interfaces, and verification approaches.
• Develop block diagrams, link budgets, interface documentation, test plans, and integration procedures.
• Design, build, integrate, and test antennas, radios, RF modules, cabling, connectors, and supporting electrical assemblies.
• Execute conducted RF, antenna, environmental, and system-level validation testing.
• Troubleshoot RF performance issues, analyze test and flight data, and drive corrective actions.
• Support aircraft and ground station integration, ground tests, flight tests, and regulatory coordination involving FCC, FAA, AFTRCC, and RF spectrum requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience with RF, antenna, radio, telemetry, communication, or electrical systems.
• Strong RF fundamentals, including propagation, impedance matching, VSWR, gain/loss, noise figure, filtering, and link performance.
• Experience using RF and electrical test equipment, including VNAs, spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.
• Experience developing RF test plans, procedures, setups, or data-analysis workflows, with strong hands-on troubleshooting skills.
• Must meet U.S. export-control requirements as a U.S. person or otherwise be eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• Experience with L, S, C, Ku, or Ka-band systems and modulation schemes such as QAM, BPSK, QPSK, or SOQPSK.
• Aerospace, defense, aircraft, spacecraft, UAV, missile, or flight-test experience.
• Experience with HFSS, CST, FEKO, ADS, MATLAB, Python, or similar tools.
• Hands-on prototyping, soldering, cable fabrication, connectorization, EMI/EMC, or qualification-testing experience.
• Startup, rapid-prototyping, agile hardware-development, or short-notice travel experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site engineering work with cross-functional collaboration across avionics, GNC, flight software, manufacturing, quality, test, and operations.
• Employer-paid healthcare and pet insurance.
• Competitive pay, stock options, a 401(k) retirement plan, and potential year-end bonuses.
• Paid parental leave, 12 federal holidays, and PTO provisions based on employee classification.
• Weekly paid office lunches and stocked breakrooms.