Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer, Space & RF Systems

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

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer in Torrance, CA, to own and improve deployed ground segment electronics. You will drive designs across RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics, oversee tests, and lead root-cause investigations from cradle to grave.

The role requires a Bachelor's in EE/CE/Physics and 4–7+ years of electrical design experience, with hands-on debugging and end-to-end board design. Familiarity with production integration is a plus.

Qualifications

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

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

Debugging hardware

RF design

High-speed digital

Power electronics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Physics

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a Senior Lifecycle Electrical Engineer in Torrance, CA, to own and improve deployed ground segment electronics. You will drive designs across RF, power, and high-speed digital electronics, oversee tests, and lead root-cause investigations from cradle to grave.

The role requires a Bachelor's in EE/CE/Physics and 4–7+ years of electrical design experience, with hands-on debugging and end-to-end board design. Familiarity with production integration is a plus.