What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Electrical position at Northwood Space?
About Northwood
Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space, bringing the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies.
We are looking for a Head of Electrical Design to drive the development of our digital compute and power electronics. Work with our team to build performant and cost-effective electronics.
Responsibilities:
- Lead electrical system architecture, providing expertise on compute, networking, and power.
- Implement mixed-signal board designs for modems, beamformers, and control circuits.
- Perform prototype board bring-up and design verification for high-speed digital electronics and power systems.
- Provide support for system level design troubleshooting and production line.
- Work across teams with RF engineers, antenna engineers, and DSP/FPGA engineers to optimize system performance and overall design.
Qualifications:
- ~10 years of professional experience in electrical design.
- ~ Proficient in high-density/high-speed design (including FPGAs, high-speed data converters, SerDes, 10/100 GigE, networking, JESD204C).
- ~ Proficient in schematic capture and PCB layout design.
- ~ Experience with troubleshooting EMI/EMC, either conducted or radiated.
- ~ Knowledge of PCB materials and developing board stack-up definition.
- ~ Familiarity with soldering and hot air rework methods.
- ~ Experience with full product lifecycle (concept through production).
