Regulatory Engineer

The role

The Regulatory Engineer will help license a global ground station network. This person will prepare and file earth station applications in the U.S. and internationally and support ITU filings.

What you will do

• Prepare, file, and track earth station applications and renewals before the FCC and international regulators.
• Build technical content for filings including link budgets, EIRP, and antenna gain patterns.
• Support ITU filings for earth stations and customer satellite networks.
• Own the licensing Jira space and prepare metrics for weekly meetings.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customers' regulatory teams.
• Track post-grant obligations, license conditions, and renewals.
• Support equipment certification and type approval for S-, X-, and Ka-band antennas.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in satellite communications, spectrum regulatory work, or RF systems engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience preparing regulatory filings.
• Hands-on experience preparing U.S. earth station or space station applications (FCC Part 25 and/or Part 5).
• Experience with applications in at least one non-U.S. jurisdiction.
• Working knowledge of the ITU Radio Regulations as they apply to satellite networks and earth stations.
• Experience preparing or reviewing ITU filing data.
• Solid satellite link fundamentals including link budgets, EIRP, PSD, G/T, antenna patterns, and interference metrics.
• Experience managing many concurrent work items in Jira or a similar ticketing tool.
• Clear technical writing for regulators, customers, and non-engineers.

Nice to have

• Hands-on use of ITU BR software (SpaceCap, SpaceVal, TerRaSys).
• Experience with coordination requests or BR IFIC review.
• Experience with FCC, NTIA, or other U.S. federal spectrum processes, or with government customers.
• RF test and measurement experience.
• Experience with equipment certification and type approval.
• Background at a ground station, GSaaS, or NGSO operator.
• Familiarity with S-, X-, and Ka-band TT&C and mission data links.
• Jira configuration experience (workflows, filters, dashboards) and Confluence.

Before you apply

• To conform to 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 required authorizations from the U

About the company

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations. They design, build, and deploy scalable systems for satellite missions.