Principal Electrical Engineer: Lead High-Speed RF & Digital

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space in Los Angeles seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to advance our digital compute and power electronics. You will design high-speed digital systems and RF/mixed-signal boards for our global phased array ground stations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, define architectures, perform bring-up on FPGAs and microcontrollers, and ensure production-ready hardware. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of professional electrical design experience.
• Experience with end-to-end board design from architecture to production.
• Experience with mixed-signal electronics and multilayer PCBs.
• Experience with EMI/EMC troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Drive electrical design for high-speed digital systems, implementing RF and mixed-signal designs in complex, multilayer PCBs
• Work with 100G high speed networking, complex digital power trees, and drive system trades for architecture decisions
• Perform schematic capture, layout, and bring-up on a variety of different digital systems including FPGAs, microcontrollers, and their associated peripherals
• Collaborate across hardware and software teams with RF engineers, antenna engineers, FPGA engineers, and firmware engineers to optimize system performance and overall design
• 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

End-to-end board design

High-speed digital design

SerDes / Ethernet

Signal integrity

Power integrity

EMI/EMC troubleshooting

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Altium Designer

Oscilloscope

Spectrum analyzer

Job description

Northwood Space in Los Angeles seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to advance our digital compute and power electronics. You will design high-speed digital systems and RF/mixed-signal boards for our global phased array ground stations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, define architectures, perform bring-up on FPGAs and microcontrollers, and ensure production-ready hardware. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and cost.