Senior Electrical Test Engineer Verified today
About Northwood
Northwood is a space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time communication for satellite missions including national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. We design, build, and rapidly deploy scalable systems that power next-generation space missions.
Responsibilities
- Lead integrated test development from concept through production, including test strategy, requirements, and execution plans
- Design hardware, wiring, and electrical systems to support electrical and RF testing for both production and development needs (fixtures, harnesses, interfaces, rack integration)
- Develop modular and reusable test automation software, including frameworks, drivers, and tooling in Linux environments using Python, Rust, or C++
- Own test maintainability and reliability across the lifecycle by defining calibration, upkeep, debugging, and continuous improvement of test assets
- Create device and subsystem simulators for hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and automated integration testing
- Support environmental and qualification testing (thermal, vibration, shock), including defining instrumentation and test procedures
Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Strong programming abilities in Python, C++, and Rust; comfort developing in a Linux-based environment
- Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment such as power supplies, DC loads, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and network analyzers
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience root-causing issues in integrated electronics (mixed-signal, digital, RF-adjacent systems)
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 test methods, including vibration, shock, and thermal testing
- Experience designing test racks and ATE systems (PXI, USB/LXI instrumentation, custom interfaces) and scaling them into production
- Experience writing reusable test software patterns (hardware abstraction layers, driver libraries, test sequencing frameworks)
- Comfort working at the boundary between hardware and software: firmware bring-up, control interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART), fault injection, telemetry capture
Compensation
- Test Engineer Level 3: $118,400-$148,000 per year
- Test Engineer Level 4: $136,000-$170,000 per year
Additional Information
Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
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.