RF Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, with in-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office

Salary: $128,000–$177,000 annual base salary, excluding additional benefits.

Company

hirify.global manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertically integrated hardware, and manufacturing-focused spacecraft platforms for customers in earth observation, communications, and other space applications.

What you will do

• Develop and execute system-level RF test strategies for spacecraft communications hardware and payloads.
• Design RF test architectures and signal-chain configurations for transmitter and receiver characterization, including loopback, end-to-end, and over-the-air setups.
• Lead RF performance verification across development, qualification, and production hardware.
• Support spacecraft integration and environmental campaigns, including thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, vibration, EMI/EMC, and full vehicle integration testing.
• Debug anomalies with RF, avionics, software, AIT, and systems engineering teams, identifying root causes and driving hardware improvements.
• Build automated test scripts, data-collection tools, calibration methods, procedures, and scalable RF verification infrastructure.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline; an M.S. is preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on RF test engineering experience, including aerospace, satellite, or communications hardware.
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, transmitter and receiver architectures, modulation schemes, link-level testing, and RF verification methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with vector signal analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, noise figure analyzers, and related RF laboratory equipment.
• Experience with automated test software, scripting, or RF test infrastructure; Python is preferred.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, integration, troubleshooting down to the board, subsystem, or interface level, environmental testing, technical documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience with spacecraft communications, TT&C architectures, or payload RF systems.
• Familiarity with GEVS, MIL-STD, ECSS, CCSDS, or EMI/EMC testing standards.
• Experience with channel emulators, anechoic chamber testing, over-the-air RF validation, or spacecraft-level qualification campaigns.
• Familiarity with production test scaling, automated validation systems, or high-rate hardware manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation and a fast-growing startup environment.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, plus $100,000 life insurance.
• Paid time off starting at 15 vacation days, growing to 20+ days annually, plus 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) with matching contributions, eight weeks of paid parental leave, and childcare reimbursement of up to $350 per day for work-related travel.
• In-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office, catered lunch, equipment for an individualized desk setup, and regular employee community events.