RF Hardware Engineer (Early Career)

Responsibilities

• Design RF electronics hardware for next generation products, and iterate on existing hardware to improve reliability, performance, and manufacturability
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (amplifiers, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance
• Build RF circuits (LNA’s, filters, power amplifiers) as well as support circuitry (power, digital control), and characterize their performance
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline
• 0-4+ years of RF design experience, across circuits, filters, or antennas

Preferred Qualifications

• RF line-up design, considering non-linearity, noise, output power, and blocker/jammer tolerance
• Power amplifier, LNA, and filter design
• Experience with design and bring-up of point of load converters and common digital interfaces such as I2C/SPI
• Theory and testing related to EVM, Noise Figure, power handling metrics (IIP2, IMD), impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis
• Use of Python (or other language) for data analysis and test automation

Additional Requirements

• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Pay

Compensation at Northwood Space is based on role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary depending on job-related skills, education, experience, and technical expertise. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Northwood. In addition to base salary, Northwood Space offers long-term incentives such as company stock options and discretionary performance bonuses. Benefits include equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, flexible time off, 10 or more paid holidays per year, retirement savings plans, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible time off
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Retail savings plans
• Opportunities for professional development

Additional Information

• If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
• Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.