Development Test Engineer

Role:

Northwood is looking for an engineer to build the development systems that ensure our hardware performs reliably from early prototypes through operations. You’ll own development test including hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, development RF testbeds or ranges/chambers, and customer integration milestones for modem test. This is a highly hands-on role that sits at the intersection of electronics, software, and systems integration — ideal for someone who enjoys turning ambiguous problems into robust, repeatable test capabilities that help develop world-class systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated test development from concept through operations, including test strategy, requirements, and execution plans
• Own the path to certification for EMI/EMC and other applicable standards (e.g., MIL-STD-461, FCC/CE), including pre-compliance testing, design-for-compliance input to the hardware team, test lab coordination, and certification documentation
• Design hardware, wiring, and electrical systems to support electrical and RF testing for development and production (fixtures, harnesses, interfaces, rack integration)
• Create device and subsystem simulators for hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and integrate testbeds into our CI/CD pipeline
• Own test maintainability and reliability across the lifecycle, defining calibration, upkeep, debugging, and continuous improvement of test assets

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Hands-on experience in Linux-based environment, and familiarity with basic computer networking
• Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment such as power supplies, DC loads, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience root-causing issues in integrated electronics (mixed-signal, digital, RF-adjacent systems)
• Hands-on EMC test and troubleshooting experience, such as near-field probes, radiated emissions testing
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC requirements and MIL-STD-810 environmental test methods, including vibration, shock, and thermal testing
• Experience building RF test setups for communications systems, including over-the-air and conducted testing, channel emulation, and modem or link-level performance characterization
• Experience building hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and device simulators, and running them in automated CI environments
• Experience designing test racks and harnessing

Compensation:

Test Engineer/Level 2: $100,000-$119,000 per year

Test Engineer/Level 3: $118,000-$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.