Lead Antenna Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles and spacecraft services for missions beyond Low Earth Orbit, including orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry.

What you will do

• Lead a team designing passive and active antenna systems for spacecraft communications and GNSS receivers across LEO, deep-space, and other high-reliability applications.
• Define low-, medium-, and high-gain antenna and feed-network systems and drive designs from analysis through prototyping and characterization across 1–30 GHz.
• Own the antenna design lifecycle, including on-orbit support, production readiness, verification, and development-process improvement.
• Integrate antenna designs with RF front ends, PCBs, mechanical structures, brackets, and vehicle hardware.
• Optimize antenna performance for power handling, volume, mass, radiation, and thermal constraints.
• Analyze vehicle antenna performance, debug completed vehicles, and perform EM simulations for desense mitigation and radiated-performance improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of research or development experience in antennas.
• Experience with 3D EM simulation tools such as CST, HFSS, COMSOL, or Cenos.
• Experience analyzing antenna systems in the lab, including S-parameters, isolation, radiation patterns, and propagation effects.
• Strong knowledge of impedance matching, S-parameters, microwave network analysis, and power handling.
• Must be a U.S. Person or eligible to obtain an export license under applicable U.S. export regulations, including ITAR and EAR.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in wireless communications, antenna engineering, or a related field.
• Lead experience on spacecraft or other high-reliability antenna applications.
• Experience with high-gain, circularly polarized antennas, RF system-level testing, and laboratory equipment.
• Experience designing antennas for launch vehicles, satellites, or spacecraft, including desense mitigation and vehicle integration.
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment and familiarity with Earth station antenna systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with potential stock options.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Work with avionics, RF, mechanical, and vehicle engineering disciplines on spacecraft systems.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Introductory and technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview followed by an offer.