RF Regulatory Engineer

Northwood Space
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Regulatory-focused RF engineer responsible for end-to-end regulatory engineering of space communications systems. You will perform RF/spectrum analyses, run regulatory simulations, translate analyses into licensing inputs, and engage with U.S. and international regulators to support market access and compliance, working across engineering, growth, legal, and government affairs to enable global deployment.

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Northwood Space
Northwood Space
6 months ago

RF Regulatory Engineer

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Job Summary

Regulatory-focused RF engineer responsible for end-to-end regulatory engineering of space communications systems. You will perform RF/spectrum analyses, run regulatory simulations, translate analyses into licensing inputs, and engage with U.S. and international regulators to support market access and compliance, working across engineering, growth, legal, and government affairs to enable global deployment.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform RF simulations and analyses related to interference, spectrum sharing, and satellite coordination.
  • •Develop and run simulations considering regulatory and geographic constraints, RF link budgets, network growth, customer expansion, and coordination strategies.
  • •Translate technical analyses into regulatory recommendations to support customer capture and business development.
  • •Engage with U.S. and international regulators (FCC, DoD, NASA, NOAA, and others) regarding existing licenses, new applications, and ongoing compliance activities.
  • •Draft, manage, and submit licensing, coordination, and permitting materials to the relevant regulatory entity and/or coordinating party.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • •Experience in a system design, manufacturing, design, or test engineering role (internships and project experience are applicable)
  • •Experience in MATLAB, Python, C++ or other tools for modeling and analyzing RF systems
  • •Master's degree in an engineering, physical science, or space policy discipline (preferred)
  • •Understanding of satellite hardware and orbital mechanics (preferred)
Experience:SpaceAerospaceSatelliteRegulatory
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Tech Stack:MATLABPythonC++RF analysis

Company Brief

Northwood Space
Builds modern, scalable ground infrastructure and phased-array antenna systems to improve satellite-to-Earth communications, providing rapidly deployable ground stations and networking for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
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