Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer - Space Ground Systems

Wwshemi; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to operate and improve the world’s most capable ground segment network. You will own designs of deployed modules and circuitry spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics, driving investigations and updates to fielded designs.

You will lead root cause analyses, push for reliable testing, and collaborate with production to deliver manufacturable solutions for Prism systems across lab and field environments.

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 and component selection through schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, debug, and production.
• Hands-on experience debugging complex hardware systems using advanced lab instrumentation and driving root-cause analysis across board and system levels.

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

Board design

RF design

Power electronics

High-speed digital

FPGA/SerDes

Signal integrity

EMI/EMC

Troubleshooting HW

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB layout tools

Schematic capture

Oscilloscopes

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer to operate and improve the world’s most capable ground segment network. You will own designs of deployed modules and circuitry spanning RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics, driving investigations and updates to fielded designs.

You will lead root cause analyses, push for reliable testing, and collaborate with production to deliver manufacturable solutions for Prism systems across lab and field environments.