Northwood Space
Aerospace & DefenseDirect Ashby career site

Senior Electrical Test Engineer

Pay
$118,400 – $170,000 per year
Location
Torrance, CA · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
4+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
30 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • ITAR eligibility
  • Python
  • C++
  • Rust
  • electrical test equipment
  • Linux

Also useful

  • MIL-STD-810
  • PXI
  • I2C/SPI/UART
  • root-causing mixed-signal issues

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 / C++
  • Own test maintainability and reliability across the lifecycle - 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 where needed

Basic Qualifications

  • 4+ Years of Experience + Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Strong programming abilities (Python, C++, Rust), and 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 / 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 HW + SW: firmware bring-up, control interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART), fault injection, telemetry capture

Additional Requirements

  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Compensation

Test Engineer/Level 3: $118,400-$148,000 per year

Test Engineer/Level 4: $136,000 - $170,000 per year

Additional Information

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.

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 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.

Read the original posting

From Northwood Space's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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