Space infrastructure company building ground networks and FPGA systems for satellite missions
Northwood operates across satellite ground infrastructure and space-qualified hardware, with a tech stack spanning Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, MATLAB, Rust, and low-level FPGA design (SystemVerilog, VHDL, Zynq). The hiring velocity is accelerating—37 roles posted in the last 30 days—with engineering dominating (32 open positions) and a notable adoption of SD-WAN, indicating active buildout of global network backbone and mesh connectivity. Projects map to three operational layers: ground station deployment, FPGA design for RF hardware, and end-to-end mission architecture.
Notable leadership hires: Director, Chief of Staff, Partnerships Lead
Northwood designs and deploys ground station networks and space-qualified hardware for satellite and deep-space missions. The company operates across Los Angeles with 51–200 employees and is actively scaling engineering, sales, and manufacturing teams. Their work spans automated FPGA build infrastructure, phased array RF systems, global network capacity optimization, and supplier quality at mission-critical scale. Revenue model appears to be direct-to-government and institutional space operators.
Terraform, AWS CDK, Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, MATLAB, Python, Rust, C++, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Zynq FPGAs, GNU Radio, and CI/CD—covering cloud infrastructure, embedded systems, and RF design.
Global ground station deployment, FPGA design for phased array RF systems, automated FPGA build and test infrastructure, mesh networking and SD-WAN solutions, and quality management system implementation for rapid scaling.
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