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Northwood Space is a modern space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array ground stations for satellite communications supporting national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. The company designs, builds, and deploys scalable systems with a vertically integrated approach.
As Principal Electrical Engineer, you will drive the development of digital compute and power electronics for complex systems that enable high-rate processing for antennas deployed worldwide. You will own electrical design for high-speed digital communication systems, implementing RF and mixed-signal designs in complex multilayer PCBs. Your responsibilities include working with 100G high-speed networking, complex digital power trees, and driving system architecture trade studies. You will perform schematic capture, layout, and bring-up on digital systems including FPGAs, microcontrollers, and associated peripherals.
You will collaborate across hardware and software teams with RF engineers, antenna engineers, FPGA engineers, and firmware engineers to optimize system performance. You will test prototypes in the lab and field, work with production teams to ensure products are testable and manufacturable for in-house integration, and mentor junior engineers while leading cross-functional technical efforts in a fast-paced environment.
The role emphasizes excellent engineering practices, building products known for reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. You will drive sound engineering tradeoffs and contribute to systems deployed globally with real-world impact.
REQUIREMENTS:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of professional experience in electrical design
- End-to-end board design experience: architecture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, debug, and production
- Mixed-signal electronics design and complex multilayer PCB experience, including stack-up definition and material selection
- EMI/EMC troubleshooting experience (conducted or radiated)
Preferred Qualifications:
- High-speed digital design with multi-gigabit SerDes, DDR, JESD204B/C, 10/100G Ethernet, including signal and power integrity analysis
- FPGA or processor-based systems and high-speed data converter experience
- Deep understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC mitigation, PCB stack-up, and high-performance board layout
- Advanced lab instrumentation debugging and root-cause analysis across board and system levels
- Leadership of cross-functional technical efforts and mentoring capability
Note: ITAR compliance required—must be U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required State Department authorizations.
