Electrical Engineer, Lifecycle (Prism)

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space in Los Angeles seeks a Lifecycle Electrical Engineer responsible for operating and improving the ground segment network, owning designs of modules spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics.

You will drive field investigations, push updates to fielded designs, and collaborate with production teams to ensure testable, manufacturable products deployed globally.

This role offers hands-on hardware development in a fast-growing space infrastructure company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 2–4+ years of electrical design experience.
• Hands-on debugging of complex hardware using lab instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Own electronics systems deployed in Prism systems from cradle to grave, spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics
• Observe performance and degradation of electronics deployed on Prism systems
• Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions on in factory and deployed ground station
• Provide design and analysis inputs to drive reliable design, test, and qualification campaigns
• Drive design improvements to modules, from design to schematic capture to layout, manufacture, and deployment
• Test prototypes and assess performance in the lab and in the field
• Work with production teams to make testable and manufacturable products that we can integrate in-house

Skills

Electrical design

PCB layout & debugging

Root-cause analysis

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture tools

Oscilloscopes & test equipment

Job description

About Northwood:

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.

Role:

As a Lifecycle Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for operating and improving the world's most capable ground segment network. You will own the designs of deployed modules and circuitry spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics. You will drive investigations into fielded systems and develop component and subsystem updates to fielded designs.

Responsibilities:

• Own electronics systems deployed in Prism systems from cradle to grave, spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics
• Observe performance and degradation of electronics deployed on Prism systems
• Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions on in factory and deployed ground station
• Provide design and analysis inputs to drive reliable design, test, and qualification campaigns
• Drive design improvements to modules, from design to schematic capture to layout, manufacture, and deployment
• Test prototypes and assess performance in the lab and in the field
• Work with production teams to make testable and manufacturable products that we can integrate in-house

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or a related field
• 2-4+ years of professional experience in electrical design
• Experience with end-to-end board design, from architecture and component selection through schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, debug, and production
• Hands-on experience debugging complex hardware systems using advanced lab instrumentation and driving root-cause analysis across board and system levels

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience driving root cause and corrective action campaigns with thorough and systemic processes: fish bone, 5 Whys, etc.
• Hands-on project team experience (Formula SAE, rocketry, CubeSat, etc.)
• Deep understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC mitigation, PCB stack-up definition, and high-performance board layout practices
• RF design or test experience with LNAs, power amplifiers, filters, or up/down converters (gain, noise figure, compression, spurious)
• High-speed digital design experience with FPGAs, SerDes, data converters, or 10/100G Ethernet, including signal and power integrity analysis
• Power electronics design experience, such as DC-DC converters, sequencing, and protection circuits
• Experience with troubleshooting EMI/EMC, either conducted or radiated
• Experience with mixed-signal electronics design and complex multilayer PCBs, including stack-up definition and material selection

Compensation:

Electrical Engineer/Level 1: $100,000-$110,000 per year

Electrical Engineer/Level 2: $104,000-$130,000 per year

Additional Information:

If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.