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title: 'Principal RF Hardware Engineer at AnySignal'
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# Principal RF Hardware Engineer at AnySignal

- **Company:** AnySignal
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $210k–$260k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anysignal/b3b92270-02f6-41dd-a1a4-5c27422de366

## Job description

Company AnySignal is developing the next generation of RF products and services for some of the most demanding space and defense missions. We’re building a flexible, high-performance platform that’s easy to deploy, monitor, and scale, enabling customers to bring advanced radio technologies to life faster than ever before.

## The Role

We're hiring a Principal RF Hardware Engineer to own the design of the RF hardware at the core of our space radios. This is the most senior individual contributor role on the RF hardware team, and it is a permanent IC role rather than a path into management. You will own designs end to end — architecture and cascade budgets, schematic, layout direction, bring-up, characterization, and support through qualification and flight. You will also set the technical standard for RF hardware here: how designs are reviewed, what verification is expected before a board is released, and what documentation has to exist after. Our radios fly, so the work is judged on what survives launch and performs on orbit.

## What You'll Do

- Own space radio RF hardware designs end to end: architecture and cascade budgets, schematic capture, layout direction, board bring-up, characterization, and support through qualification and flight.
- Design and analyze receive and transmit chains — LNAs, mixers, filters, amplifiers, frequency synthesis and PLLs, data converters, and the high-speed interfaces into the digital section.
- Own cascade performance: noise figure, gain and flatness, linearity and IM3, spurious, phase noise, EVM, and end-to-end sensitivity, with analysis you can defend against bench data.
- Drive PCB stackup, controlled-impedance routing, RF layout, grounding and shielding strategy, and thermal considerations at the board level — working through layout rather than handing off a schematic and walking away.
- Run bring-up and characterization on the bench: VNA, spectrum and signal analyzers, signal generators, noise figure meters, high-speed scopes, TDR.
- Select and qualify EEE parts for the space environment: derating, radiation tolerance and single-event effects mitigation, screening, upscreening, and reliability analysis.
- Support environmental qualification, and lead failure analysis and anomaly resolution when hardware misbehaves — on the bench or on orbit.
- Set the technical standard for RF hardware: simulation and verification expectations, design review rigor, and documentation that outlives the designer.
- Raise the bar around you through design reviews, mentorship, and technical interviewing — influence through demonstrated judgment rather than reporting lines.

Required Skills

- 10+ years designing RF and microwave hardware, with genuine depth rather than adjacency.
- Multiple programs with hardware you personally designed that has flown and operated on orbit.
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership: architecture and budgets, schematic, layout direction, bring-up, and bench characterization on the same designs.
- Expert-level ECAD (Altium preferred) and RF/EM simulation tools such as ADS, Microwave Office, HFSS, or CST.
- Excellent first-principles command of RF fundamentals, and the ability to derive rather than look up.
- Strong bench skills, including soldering, rework, and methodical debug of boards that don't work yet.
- Working practice in space-grade parts selection, derating, and reliability — you know why a part that works on the bench still doesn't fly.

Desired Skills

- Software-defined radio architectures, direct RF sampling, and wideband data converters.
- Integration experience with Xilinx MPSoC or RFSoC devices.
- Phased array, beamforming, or multi-channel coherent system experience.
- Enough DSP and communications theory fluency to argue productively with the FPGA and waveform teams.
- Python or equivalent scripting for automated test and data analysis.
- Track record as the named technical authority on a program, holding a design position under schedule and customer pressure.

## Compensation

The estimated base salary range for this role is $210,000 – $260,000 per year, plus equity. This range reflects our good-faith estimate for this position at the time of posting. The final base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base salary, total compensation includes an equity grant and our full benefits package (Medical, Dental, Vision), HSA's and 401K program.

Additional Information In order to comply with the space technology export rules of the U.S. Government, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), it is necessary to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful U.S. permanent resident, a protected individual as specified by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or possess eligibility to secure the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. For additional information on ITAR, please seek further details. AnySignal is committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and able to contribute fully. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of underrepresented communities. Should you have a need for accommodation, AnySignal will endeavor to meet your accommodation needs. At any stage of the recruitment and selection process you may make your needs for accommodation known through contacting our team, in confidence, by email to: careers@anysignal.com

## About AnySignal

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AnySignal provides a full-stack, end-to-end radiofrequency (RF) platform that unifies communications, navigation, and sensing for the aerospace and defense sectors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, USA (with additional office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: John Malsbury (CEO) and team (specific co-founder names not publicly listed)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Defense Technology / Aerospace & Defense / RF & Space Infrastructure
- **Target Customers**: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Space Force, space explorers, allied forces, and mission-critical industrial operators (B2G / B2B)
- **Mission**: To make RF the most reliable and secure layer of space infrastructure by building a single, unified platform for communications, navigation, and sensing — eliminating gaps and failure points where failure is not an option.

## Products & Services
- **AnySignal Platform (Core)**: An end-to-end, software-defined RF platform that delivers RF as a single integrated capability. Combines hardware, digital signal processing (DSP), and network orchestration.
- **AnyLink Network Orchestration**: Unified operations, interoperability, and intelligent scheduling for RF networks.
- **AnyMesh Resilient Network**: Multi-band RF systems fusing advanced processing with space-grade hardware for resilient connectivity.
- **AnyMission Hardware Suite**: A hardware ecosystem designed for space, land, air, and sea domains — includes the **TerraModem**.
- **Autonomous Systems**: Reliable, low-latency RF engineered for autonomous operations across every domain.
- **Electronic Warfare (EW)**: Real-time signal dominance to detect, disrupt, and defeat threats.
- **Communications**: Secure, high-speed comms enabling real-time decision-making and resilient navigation.
- **Radar**: Precision-engineered radar for real-time situational awareness.
- **Threat Mitigation**: Built-in resilience against interference, jamming, and spoofing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Total Funding**: **$38.62M** raised across rounds (includes Series A of $24M raised ~1 year ago)
- **Key Investors**: BlueYard Capital, First In, Upfront Ventures, Acequia Capital, Caffeinated Capital, and 6+ other investors.
- **Key Client Win (April 2026)**: Selected by the **U.S. Space Force** to field its Resilient, Agile, and Interference-Defiant Network for secure MILSATCOM and the Space Data Network (SDN) — a major government contract validating the technology [everythingrf.com](https://www.everythingrf.com/news/details/21789-u-s-space-force-selects-anysignal-to-strengthen-milsatcom-resilience-against-electronic-warfare).
- **Growth Signals**: Early-stage company (founded 2022) with significant government traction, 11+ employees on LinkedIn, and 16+ open roles listed as of mid-2026 — indicates scaling phase.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-Stack RF Platform**: Unlike point solutions, AnySignal unifies communications, radar, and electronic warfare on a single, software-defined platform.
- **Autonomous Adaptation**: System senses the environment in real time and autonomously adapts waveforms, power, and routing to defeat jamming and interference.
- **Decentralized Architecture**: Replaces rigid satellite links with self-healing, decentralized networks — a critical need for modern contested environments.
- **Mission-Critical Credibility**: Already trusted by the U.S. Space Force for national security applications, creating a high barrier to entry for competitors.
- **Turn-key Integration**: Designed to integrate across networks, bands, and legacy systems (multi-vendor, multi-domain).

## Strategic Focus
- **Current Priority**: Scaling the defense platform for the U.S. Space Force contract and supporting the DoD’s CJADC2 (Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control) vision and the Golden Dome initiative.
- **Direction**: Moving from system development/validation to full deployment of resilient MILSATCOM networks. Actively hiring across engineering, hardware, software, and business development to support this growth.
- **Product Expansion**: Continued investment in autonomous adaptation, electronic warfare, and multi-domain hardware (space, air, land, sea).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Built for the People Who Build the Future" — the company emphasizes ownership and mission-driven work. Employees are described as "stakeholders" in the company's success.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: **In-Office** — work is primarily based in Los Angeles (El Segundo) and Vancouver offices. Not a remote-first company.
- **Benefits & Perks** (from careers page):
  - Unlimited PTO
  - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  - 401K & FSA Account
  - **Ownership Stake** in the company (equity for employees)
- **Engineering Culture**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge RF, DSP, FPGA, and autonomous systems for national security. Roles include: Lead FPGA Engineer, Lead DSP Engineer, RF & DSP Engineer, Software Engineer (Python), Embedded Controls Engineer, EMC Engineer, Ground Software Engineer, and more.
- **Team Size**: ~11 employees currently, rapidly scaling — early-stage environment with high impact per person.

## Sources
1. [anysignal.com](https://www.anysignal.com/)
2. [anysignal.com/careers](https://www.anysignal.com/careers/)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/anysignal)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/anysignal)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/anysignal)
6. [everythingrf.com](https://www.everythingrf.com/news/details/21789-u-s-space-force-selects-anysignal-to-strengthen-milsatcom-resilience-against-electronic-warfare)

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