Senior Communication Systems Engineer (Spacecraft)

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. government authorizations.

Salary: $133,000–$161,000 per year.

Company

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

What you will do

• Design, configure, and operate satellite space-to-ground communication links for command, telemetry, and fault recovery.
• Model and maintain link budgets, modulation and coding schemes, and RF link performance.
• Architect hardware-based crypto solutions and manage COMSEC pass-throughs and endpoints.
• Define radio use across nominal, contingency, and emergency mission phases.
• Support RF link testing and validate end-to-end communications with flight software and ground teams.
• Optimize low-SWaP communications, mitigate interference, and improve link reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in satellite communications, RF systems engineering, or a related field.
• Experience designing, verifying, and operating satellite communication links.
• Strong knowledge of link budget analysis, modulation schemes, ground station interfaces, and space-qualified radios and antennas.
• Hands-on experience configuring and testing ground station equipment and communication hardware.
• Experience with communication system CONOPS, satellite link licensing, and ITU/FCC regulatory compliance.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, cross-functional, and autonomous work environment.
• Opportunity to support the design, launch, and iteration of eight LEO communications satellites over the next four years.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.