Senior RF Hardware Engineer

Northwood Space
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 245,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Troubleshooting"]

Design and iterate RF electronics hardware for a ground-station network, using RF performance trades to influence portal and network design. Build electromagnetic simulation models, create and characterize RF circuits (amplifiers, filters, LNA, power amplifiers), and troubleshoot integrated system performance with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and software teams from concept through production.

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Northwood Space
Northwood Space
5 days ago

Senior RF Hardware Engineer

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Job Summary

Design and iterate RF electronics hardware for a ground-station network, using RF performance trades to influence portal and network design. Build electromagnetic simulation models, create and characterize RF circuits (amplifiers, filters, LNA, power amplifiers), and troubleshoot integrated system performance with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and software teams from concept through production.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and iterate RF electronics hardware to improve reliability, performance, and manufacturability.
  • •Create electromagnetic simulation models for hardware such as amplifiers, filters, and PCB layout.
  • •Build RF circuits (LNA’s, filters, power amplifiers) and support circuitry, and characterize performance.
  • •Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance.
  • •Influence overall ground network and portal design based on RF performance trades.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 245,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalPaid HolidaysRetirement SavingsFlexible Time

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
  • •5+ years of RF design experience across circuits, filters, or antennas.
  • •Experience with RF line-up design, including non-linearity, noise, output power, and blocker/jammer tolerance.
  • •Experience with power amplifier, LNA, and filter design.
  • •Experience with test/theory concepts such as EVM, Noise Figure, power handling (IIP2, IMD), impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis.
Experience:5+ yearsSatelliteSpaceGround stationsRF hardware
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical engineering
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingTroubleshooting
Tech Stack:RF electronicsElectromagnetic simulationPCB layoutLNAPower amplifiersFiltersAmplifiersPythonI2CSPI

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:Top Secret

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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