Senior Electrical Engineer, RF & Power for Ground Stations

Northwood Space; New Mexico; On-site; USD 144,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space seeks a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to own the ground segment electronics from concept through deployment. You will lead RF, power, and high-speed digital designs for Prism systems, driving performance improvements and reliable implementation.

You will perform root-cause investigations, validate hardware with lab instrumentation, and collaborate with production to ensure manufacturability of fielded ground stations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or a related field.
• 4-7+ years of professional experience in electrical design.
• Experience with end-to-end board design, from architecture to production.
• Hands-on debugging of complex hardware with 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 layout and deployment.
• Test prototypes and assess performance in the lab and in the field.
• Work with production teams to make testable and manufacturable products.

Skills

End-to-end board design

Board bring-up

Root cause analysis

Signal integrity

RF concepts

High-speed digital design

Power electronics

Lab instrumentation

Mixed-signal PCB design

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or related field

Job description

Northwood Space seeks a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to own the ground segment electronics from concept through deployment. You will lead RF, power, and high-speed digital designs for Prism systems, driving performance improvements and reliable implementation.

You will perform root-cause investigations, validate hardware with lab instrumentation, and collaborate with production to ensure manufacturability of fielded ground stations.