Software Engineer – General (new grad / early career)

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.

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 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 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 architecture of distributed systems which orchestrates our global ground network across both cloud and on-premises environments

• Stack design & inter-service communication: Develop the entire stack design, focusing on inter-service communication protocols to ensure seamless integration and operation