Staff Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Westminster, Colorado, United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $158,000–$189,000 per year, plus stock options and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end design of complex digital and mixed-signal electronics modules and small systems, from architecture and schematics through PCB layout, testing, production, and delivery.
• Develop hardware for software-defined radios, single-board computers, and control and telemetry subsystems for phased-array antenna payloads.
• Lead small teams developing multi-module electronics products and define hardware architecture and requirements.
• Perform schematic design, Altium PCB layout, high-speed routing, HDI stackup design, and board- and box-level analysis.
• Develop bring-up and verification plans, conduct laboratory validation, debug hardware, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Release assemblies to production, collaborate with manufacturing, test, software, and mechanical engineering teams, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering.
• At least 8 years of experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and testing.
• Expertise in digital and mixed-signal electronics, FPGA implementation, ADCs/DACs, telemetry subsystems, and complex board design.
• Expert-level proficiency with Altium and experience with high-density, high-speed PCB layout.
• Experience with signal integrity or power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor HyperLynx.
• Extensive laboratory bring-up and verification experience, strong debugging skills, and excellent written and spoken communication.

Nice to have

• Experience leading teams developing multi-module assemblies.
• High-speed digital electronics experience, including 10+ Gbps SerDes, simulation, laboratory verification, and optimization.
• Software-defined radio experience.
• Experience with high-reliability space or defense electronics, radiation environments, part derating, worst-case analysis, or thermal constraints.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, autonomous work in a dynamic and cross-functional startup environment.
• Direct contribution to challenging, high-impact aerospace products.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.