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Software Engineer – General (new grad / early career)

AI summary of the role

Design, implement, and optimize global connectivity services for satellite ground stations, owning areas from antenna control systems to customer APIs.

What you’ll do

  • Design control systems for ground station hardware and RF modems
  • Architect high-bandwidth data pipelines and SD-WAN capabilities
  • Build distributed systems for global ground network orchestration
  • Develop customer APIs, front-end interfaces, and scalable data backends

What you’ll bring

  • 0-2 years professional software development experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS, Computer Engineering, Math or related
  • Proficiency in Rust, Golang, Haskell, or C/C++
  • Strong problem-solving abilities

Technologies

Rust · Golang · Haskell · C/C++ · distributed-systems · embedded-systems · RF-modems · SD-WAN · ETL · telemetry

About Northwood Space

Modular ground infrastructure for satellite operators combining phased-array antennas, RF front ends, and control software; compresses deployment timelines and reduces data latency vs. legacy parabolic dishes.

Series B

Source and classification

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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 the customer APIs that enable booking time on our network. An ideal candidate is someone who likes to work across areas of responsibility and can dive deep into high priority challenges. Northwood is a full-stack company, with software development spanning everything from manufacturing to global data transfer. We seek versatile candidates who want to contribute across multiple areas while having a solid foundation in one or two core areas of focus. Key areas of focus include—but are not limited to—the following (new team members will have the opportunity to work across these areas, they aren’t expected to own everything listed): Edge systems (ground
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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. Job Level: The level of this position will be determined based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. We are open to considering candidates of varying experience levels, from mid-career to principal engineers. Role: 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 the customer APIs that enable booking time on our network. An ideal candidate is someone who likes to work across areas of responsibility and can dive deep into high priority challenges. Northwood is a full-stack company, with software development spanning everythi [... source excerpt omitted ...] y to work across these areas, they aren’t expected to own everything listed): Edge systems (ground station) Design and implement control systems for our ground station hardware, you will write software that interacts with everything from embedded systems to RF modems High bandwidth data movement Architect and optimize data pipelines for efficient movement of data between ground stations and various end environments Ensure low-latency and high-throughput data distribution across different platforms, with an end goal of building Northwood’s Software Defined Wide-Area-Network (SD-WAN) capabilities Cloud orchestration & distributed systems design Lead the design and architectu [... source excerpt omitted ...] ack design, focusing on inter-service communication protocols to ensure seamless integration and operation API, database & front end development Design and build robust APIs for customer and internal interactions Develop intuitive front-end interfaces using modern web technologies Build a scalable data backend - integrating into ETL pipelines to help make data more actionable Monitoring & alerting systems Create comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions for software and infrastructure Implement tools to ensure continuous uptime and rapid issue resolution Global telemetry capabilities Transform our telemetry data into actionable insights, enabling predictive diagnos

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