Senior Ground Station Engineer — Global Deployments

Northwood; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood is building a worldwide network of ground stations, and we need a Sr. Operations Engineer to lead hardware and operations development, remote site selection, and site construction.

This role is based at our Los Angeles HQ with frequent travel to domestic and international sites. You will drive deployments, coordinate with internal and external teams, and ensure reliable, scalable performance of our global communications infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, civil, electrical, or related engineering.
• Willingness to travel to domestic and international ground station sites.

Responsibilities

• Build the network: deploy antennas, power systems, racks, and infrastructure.
• Find and secure ground station sites balancing performance, speed, and cost.
• Engineer site architecture, hardware, and deployment processes for speed and cost.
• Keep stations online: monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance.
• Manage partnerships with internal teams, contractors, logistics, and network providers.

Skills

Multi-discipline collaboration

Project leadership

Site deployment

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, civil, electrical, or related engineering

Tools

Grafana

SQL

Job description

Northwood is building a worldwide network of ground stations, and we need a Sr. Operations Engineer to lead hardware and operations development, remote site selection, and site construction.

This role is based at our Los Angeles HQ with frequent travel to domestic and international sites. You will drive deployments, coordinate with internal and external teams, and ensure reliable, scalable performance of our global communications infrastructure.