Staff Antenna Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site

Salary: $158,000–$189,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The Skylark product line focuses on active phased array antennas for terrestrial and airborne applications.

What you will do

• Design antennas from initial concept through requirements definition, topology selection, detailed design, analysis, and optimization.
• Design, build, test, qualify, and provide in-orbit support for high-frequency PCB-based antennas.
• Develop phased array communication system elements, including RF front-ends, beamformers, power dividers, and phased array antennas.
• Use electromagnetic simulation and laboratory instrumentation to validate antenna performance.
• Present engineering design reviews to customers and executives and contribute to proposal writing.

Requirements

• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
• At least 8 years of industry or university research experience in antenna design, analysis, optimization, fabrication, and testing.
• Experience with phased array design and development.
• Expert proficiency with 3D electromagnetic simulation tools such as CST or HFSS.
• Strong experience with EDA tools such as Altium and laboratory instruments including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• Antenna design experience above 20 GHz.
• Aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification experience.
• Experience with EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, and cross-functional engineering environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA benefits.
• Life, disability, and retirement plans.