Electrical Engineer for High-Speed Digital & RF Systems

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking an Electrical Engineer to advance digital compute and power electronics for real-time satellite communication systems. You will design high-speed digital & RF/mixed-signal PCBs, perform schematic capture, layout, and bring-up, and collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA, and firmware teams.

The role emphasizes end-to-end board design, verification, and production handoff, with a focus on reliability and scalability for deployed hardware worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 0-2+ years of professional electrical design experience.
• End-to-end board design: architecture, schematic, PCB layout, bring-up, production.
• Experience with mixed-signal electronics and multilayer PCBs.

Responsibilities

• Drive electrical design for high-speed digital communication systems and RF/mixed-signal PCBs.
• Work with 100G networking, power trees, and system trade-offs for architecture decisions.
• Schematic capture, layout, and bring-up on FPGAs, MCUs, and peripherals.
• Collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA, and firmware teams to optimize performance.
• Test prototypes and assess lab and field performance.
• Partner with production to deliver testable, manufacturable products.

Skills

Electrical design

Mixed-signal electronics

High-speed digital design

Board design

FPGA/processor-based systems

Signal integrity

Power integrity

EMI/EMC mitigation

Team mentoring

Laboratory debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Oscilloscope

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking an Electrical Engineer to advance digital compute and power electronics for real-time satellite communication systems. You will design high-speed digital & RF/mixed-signal PCBs, perform schematic capture, layout, and bring-up, and collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA, and firmware teams.

The role emphasizes end-to-end board design, verification, and production handoff, with a focus on reliability and scalability for deployed hardware worldwide.