Senior Electrical Systems Architect - High-Speed Digital

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Discretionary bonuses

Equity

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible time off

10+ paid holidays per year

Retirement savings plan

Professional development

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (Systems) to lead the architecture of digital compute and power electronics for high-speed, multi-gigabit networks used in global space missions. You will own system-level design, guide schematic capture and bring-up across FPGAs, microcontrollers and peripherals, and collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA and firmware teams to optimize performance and manufacturability.

A TS clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of professional experience in electrical design at the system or architecture level.
• Proficient in high-density/high-speed design (including FPGAs, high speed data converters, SerDes, 10/100 GigE, networking, JESD204C)
• Proficient in schematic capture and good PCB layout design
• Experience with troubleshooting EMI/EMC, either conducted or radiated
• Knowledge of PCB materials and developing board stack-up definition
• Experience with full product lifecycle (concept through production), including owning architecture-level decisions across that lifecycle

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical architecture and system-level design for high-speed digital communication systems, defining how RF and mixed-signal designs, complex multi-layer PCBs, and subsystems fit together
• Define system-level architecture for multi-gigabit networking and complex digital power trees, and drive system trades that shape architecture decisions across the product
• Set technical direction and review schematic capture, layout, and bring-up across a variety of 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
• Guide prototype testing and performance assessment in the lab and in the field, with an eye towards system-level root cause and risk
• Partner with production teams to ensure the overall system architecture supports testable and manufacturable products that we can integrate in-house

Skills

High-speed design

System architecture

FPGAs

Power electronics

Schematic capture

Multi-layer PCB

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (Systems) to lead the architecture of digital compute and power electronics for high-speed, multi-gigabit networks used in global space missions. You will own system-level design, guide schematic capture and bring-up across FPGAs, microcontrollers and peripherals, and collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA and firmware teams to optimize performance and manufacturability.

A TS clearance is required.