PCB Designer (RF)

Location: Los Angeles, CA; on-site

Salary: $100,000–$140,000 per year plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops performant, resilient, and adaptive connectivity products for the space economy.

What you will do

• Own PCB placement, routing, design reviews, and manufacturing releases.
• Design multilayer RF, mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and power boards.
• Define stackups, controlled impedances, routing constraints, and via structures.
• Create and maintain Altium symbols, footprints, and component libraries.
• Generate fabrication and assembly documentation.
• Collaborate with fabricators and contract manufacturers to resolve DFM and production issues.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional PCB layout experience.
• Strong proficiency with Altium Designer.
• Expertise in DFM, DFA, and DFT principles, PCB fabrication, and SMT assembly.
• Experience with RF and microwave layouts, including controlled-impedance transmission lines, matching networks, RF isolation, ground stitching, via fencing, and shielding.
• Understanding of grounding, return paths, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and power distribution.
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and mechanical drawings.

Nice to have

• Experience with FPGA or RFSoC systems, DDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, high-speed SerDes, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, and precision clock distribution.
• Experience with HDI, microvias, via-in-pad, or backdrilling.
• Experience with Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx, Sigrity, or similar PCB analysis tools.
• Experience with Altium 365, managed libraries, component lifecycle management, release workflows, and version control.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability electronics, plus knowledge of IPC Class 3 requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a small, multidisciplinary team of software, hardware, and FPGA engineers.
• Own products from initial design through delivery.
• Equity is included in the compensation package.
• ITAR compliance requires U.S. citizenship, lawful U.S. permanent residency, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain the necessary U.S. Department of State authorizations.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process.