The bar
What you'll bring
- 3+ years of professional software development experience. This doesn’t have to be a full-time role. There are many ways to gain valuable experience, and we’d love to hear about yours; please tell us about internships, projects out of the classroom, or any personal wo.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics, or other related discipline. This is a soft-requirement; if you didn’t pursue a degree, tell us why and what you've done in its place.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- While we don’t expect you to have every skill listed below, we do expect you to take ownership of one or more areas and drive decisions and implementations where your strengths lie.
- Programming Languages (General): Rust, C, C++, Go, Python, Java
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- High mathematical maturity
- Domain specific skills:
- APIs and Inter-Service Communication:
- Experience in building RESTful APIs
- Experience with Protocol Buffers and/or gRPC
- Antenna Systems
- Knowledge of the physics of Phased Arrays and beamforming
- Familiarity with spatial filtering and adaptive beamforming methods
- Data Movement and Networking:
- Proficiency in architecting data pipelines for high-throughput environments
- Understanding of network programming and IP protocols
- Experience with high-speed communications (10/25/100G Ethernet)
- Databases and Data Processing:
- Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Knowledge of publish/subscribe architectures and technologies (RabbitMQ, MQTT, Redis Pub/Sub, etc.)
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing:
- Experience designing and implementing distributed systems
Additional notes
Other
About Northwood:
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 and parabolic 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 looking for a Software Engineer focusing on control systems for our Phased Array antennas. As a Software Engineer at Northwood, you will be pivotal in designing, implementing, and optimizing the global service that delivers connectivity to our customers. You will have ownership over key areas ranging from control of our antenna systems to high-rate data processing. An ideal candidate is someone who likes to work across areas of responsibility and can dive deep into high-priority challenges.
We seek versatile candidates who want to contribute across multiple areas while having a solid foundation in a few core areas of focus . These areas of focus include (but are not limited to) the following:
Algorithms for antenna calibration and localization
Algorithms for beamforming and antenna pointing
Digital signal processing on high-rate data streams
Telecommunications systems
Multi-antenna orchestration
Fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) systems
API, Database, and Inter-Process Communication (IPC) design
Software simulations for test and verification
Basic Qualifications: