Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
Role
Northwood is building a global network of satellite ground stations, and the Digital org spans backend, frontend, DSP, FPGA, embedded, and infrastructure. As these products run in parallel against hard customer commitments. This role owns the horizontal layer: real-time visibility into engineering delivery risk across the Digital portfolio, and the processes and tooling that let the org execute coherently.
This is not a role that owns technical direction or schedules IC time; that authority stays with engineers and functional leads. It is the role that holds the integrated delivery picture, surfaces and resolves cross-team risk before it becomes a missed pass, and gives mission management and customers a straight answer on where things stand.
Responsibilities
Maintain real-time visibility into engineering delivery risk across Digital products: modem pipelines, beamforming, telemetry, scheduling, and ground-station software
Own the software development lifecycle across these products: build and maintain execution plans, dependency maps, and delivery schedules, and drive clarity on priorities, ownership, technical debt, and operational readiness
Build the processes, tooling, and visibility that let teams coordinate without relying on proximity and ad-hoc alignment
Identify and drive resolution of integration risks across the hardware/software and cross-domain boundaries; escalate to engineering leadership when team-level resolution fails
Coordinate testing and validation across simulation, staging, lab, and deployed environments
Partner with mission management and participate directly in customer meetings, translating engineering state into an honest read on delivery risk for programs and customers
Flag staffing gaps to the relevant functional leads, who make the staffing call
Partner with engineering leadership to improve development velocity, operational reliability, and deployment readiness
Basic Qualifications
5+ years in Technical Program Management, Systems Engineering, or technical engineering leadership
Strong technical understanding of software systems and distributed infrastructure
Experience working with DSP, RF, embedded, or real-time systems teams
Track record of building delivery processes and tooling, not just running existing ones
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with SDRs, modem systems, satellite communications, wireless, or telecom infrastructure
Familiarity with DSP concepts such as filtering, synchronization, modulation/demodulation, channel estimation, or beamforming
Experience coordinating FPGA, embedded Linux, or high-performance compute efforts
Experience in customer-facing or program-interface roles
Aerospace, defense, or mission-critical systems experience
Familiarity with ITAR, classified systems, or regulated operational environments
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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years in Technical Program Management, Systems Engineering, or technical engineering leadership
- Strong technical understanding of software systems and distributed infrastructure
- Experience working with DSP, RF, embedded, or real-time systems teams
- Track record of building delivery processes and tooling
- U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State (ITAR compliance)
- Experience with SDRs, modem systems, satellite communications, wireless, or telecom infrastructure
- Familiarity with DSP concepts such as filtering, synchronization, modulation/demodulation, channel estimation, or beamforming
- Experience coordinating FPGA, embedded Linux, or high-performance compute efforts
- Experience in customer-facing or program-interface roles
- Aerospace, defense, or mission-critical systems experience
- Familiarity with ITAR, classified systems, or regulated operational environments
Northwood Space Corp Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Job postings consistently cite “comprehensive” or “platinum” medical, dental, and vision coverage, with some roles indicating employer-covered premiums at little to no cost. Several listings explicitly reference fully covered plans.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Multiple listings consistently mention equity or stock options alongside base pay, with some noting potential performance bonuses. Equity is presented as a standard component across many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Listings cite flexible or unlimited PTO, and some specify a defined paid holiday calendar (e.g., about 10 holidays). Time-off provisions are repeatedly referenced across postings.
Northwood Space Corp Insights
What We Do
The space segment has become critical infrastructure. It powers everything from GPS and climate monitoring to missile warning and global broadband. But the ground segment hasn’t kept up. Most ground networks today were designed for science missions, not for the scale, urgency, or diversity of today’s space economy. At Northwood, we’re building a global, software-defined ground network from the ground up — designed to scale as fast as the missions it supports.
Why Work With Us
Just like cloud infrastructure transformed software development, we believe shared ground infrastructure will transform space operations. We’re making it possible for any operator to move space-based data quickly, securely, and reliably back to Earth.
