# Electronics Test Engineer (Early Career)

**Company:** [Northwood Space](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/northwood-space)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $100k – $145k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Python, C++, Rust, Linux, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Pxi, Mil-Std-810, I2C, Spi, Uart, Hardware-In-The-Loop, Ate Systems
**Posted:** 2026-01-08

> Develops test automation software and hardware fixtures for electronics and RF systems in satellite ground infrastructure. Requires 0-4 years experience, bachelor's in electrical engineering, strong programming in Python/C++/Rust, and hands-on test equipment skills.

## Job Description

## 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
- 0 - 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

## Compensation and Benefits
- Electronics Test Engineer/Level 1: **$100,000 - $120,000** per year
- Electronics Test Engineer/Level 2: **$120,000 - $145,000** per year
- Base salary determined by job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience
- Eligible for equity (stock options or other long-term incentives), performance bonuses, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, 401(k), disability/life insurance, paid parental leave, PTO, perks

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