Senior RF Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Houston, TX, United States

Company

hirify.global develops propulsion platforms based on rotating detonation rocket engines and detonation ramjets for space, defense, and commercial high-speed flight.

What you will do

• Design, build, integrate, and flight-test RF telemetry systems for propulsion vehicles.
• Lead the architecture and selection of radios, antennas, telemetry hardware, ground stations, and ground-station networks.
• Conduct link analysis across supersonic and hypersonic flight regimes and deconflict frequency plans.
• Define system requirements, perform trade studies, assess risks, and recommend mitigations.
• Develop and maintain hardware-in-the-loop test environments for software development, integration, and verification.
• Support ground and flight testing, environmental qualification, troubleshooting, technical documentation, vendor coordination, and cross-disciplinary system integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field; equivalent Radar Systems or Data Science experience with a strong quantitative and mechanical measurement foundation may also qualify.
• 5+ years of experience in RF telemetry for rocket, missile, or space applications.
• Experience with link analysis for flight vehicles in supersonic and hypersonic regimes.
• Experience writing requirements, conducting trade studies, and selecting onboard antennas and radios.
• Experience designing and implementing ground systems, grounding, bonding, shielding, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and system integration.
• Experience with environmental testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and external vendor or supplier coordination.

Nice to have

• Experience with small-vehicle avionics teams and multiple launch campaigns.
• Familiarity with embedded systems and CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, or MIL-STD-1553.
• Experience managing contractors and contributing to design or flight safety reviews.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• 401(k) plan and stock options.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible Friday schedule and unlimited PTO.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Collaborative work across Flight Software, Avionics, IT, GN&C, Aerodynamics, Structures, Manufacturing, and Quality.