Lifecycle Electrical Engineer: RF, Power & High-Speed

Northwood Space; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space in Torrance, CA is seeking a Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to own the design and operation of deployed RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics within Prism ground stations. You will guide investigations, implement component updates, and drive reliable design, test, and qualification campaigns across the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with production teams to ensure manufacturability, run lab and field tests, and mentor junior engineers while advancing root-cause

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 to production.
• Hands-on debugging of complex hardware systems using lab instrumentation and root-cause analysis.

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

Board design

Debugging hardware

Root cause analysis

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Northwood Space in Torrance, CA is seeking a Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to own the design and operation of deployed RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics within Prism ground stations. You will guide investigations, implement component updates, and drive reliable design, test, and qualification campaigns across the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with production teams to ensure manufacturability, run lab and field tests, and mentor junior engineers while advancing root-cause