Senior Software Engineer (Space Communications)
Northwood Space - Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA, Washington D.C.
Posted May 12, 2026
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- Median wage (BLS OEWS)
- $111,944 national median
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +13.7% - Much faster than average
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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About this role
Senior Software Engineer (Space Communications) Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA, Washington D.C. About Northwood: Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between Earth and space, bringing the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you're passionate about building quickly and seeing your work deployed globally with real impact, we want you at Northwood. 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 embedded systems and high speed networking to distributed web services. We seek versatile candidates who want to contribute across multiple areas while having a solid foundation in a few 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): - Cloud orchestration & distributed systems design - Lead the end-to-end architecture of a global, distributed control plane that schedules hundreds of satellite passes per hour across mixed AWS/on-prem nodes - Mentor teams on fault-tolerant patterns and land design RFCs that become Northwood standards - API, database & front
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