Telecommunications Software Engineer Northwoodspace
Overview
Northwoodspace seeks a Telecommunications Software Engineer to design and deploy scalable software solutions for a global network of phased array ground stations enabling real-time satellite communications. The role involves owning critical data path components and collaborating with cross-functional teams to transform mission requirements into production-ready systems.
What You'll Do8
- 1Design build and maintain software for ingesting processing and routing telemetry tracking and command data
- 2Implement and validate CCSDS protocols including space packets transfer frames synchronization and data encapsulation
- 3Develop high-performance pipelines connecting software-defined radios ground-station infrastructure and customer endpoints
- 4Build tooling for packet parsing frame validation buffering recording replay monitoring and debugging
- 5Translate customer mission requirements into configurable data-handling workflows and interfaces
- 6Collaborate with DSP and FPGA engineers to define interfaces between physical-layer processing and higher-level communications software
- 7Test communications workflows using simulated hardware-in-the-loop and live satellite data
- 8Own software through development deployment operational validation and ongoing mission support
Requirements9
- 1Bachelor’s degree with 2–5+ years relevant experience or Master’s degree with 1–4+ years experience in computer science electrical engineering telecommunications or related field
- 2Strong programming skills in Rust C++ or Go
- 3Solid understanding of network protocols binary data formats serialization buffering and asynchronous data processing
- 4Experience building and debugging software across system boundaries including hardware networks and external interfaces
- 5Demonstrated ownership of a production software system from initial design through deployment and operational use
- 6Preferred experience implementing CCSDS standards familiarity with satellite telemetry and command systems experience with CCSDS File Delivery Protocol Space Link Extension services or related mission-data interfaces
- 7Familiarity with high-throughput low-latency or fault-tolerant data pipelines
- 8Experience integrating software with SDRs modems FPGA-based systems or other communications hardware
- 9Knowledge of packet capture protocol analysis data replay hardware-in-the-loop testing or communications-system simulation
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