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Northwood Space jobs
Northwood Space builds phased-array ground stations and a ground network for satellites, in its own words to take space missions further, faster. It hires in Torrance, California.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 65 open jobs at Northwood Space; their typical pay runs $129k to $226k a year, with a median of $138k.
Typical pay, live
Latest Northwood Space openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTC- $104,000–$121,000/yr
- $125,000–$145,000/yr
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Platform) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Torrance, CA · 1d agoDetails
$145,000–$190,000/yrInfrastructure Engineer (Platform) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$125,000–$140,000/yrController (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$200,000–$265,000/yrQuality Inspection Technician, PCBA (opens the job details)
Technicians · Torrance, CA · 1d agoDetails
Senior RF Electrical Engineer (Prism) (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$140,000–$226,000/yr- $122,000–$225,000/yr
Cost Accounting Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$114,000–$155,000/yrLead Avionics Manufacturing Engineer (opens the job details)
Technicians · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$141,600–$177,000/yrSMT Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Torrance, CA · 3d agoDetails
Executive Assistant to the CEO (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 3d agoDetails
$115,000–$145,000/yr
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Northwood Space at a glance
Northwood Space builds phased-array ground stations and a ground network for satellites, in its own words to take space missions further, faster. It hires in Torrance, California.
65 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Northwood Space's name?
Northwood Space's own sites: northwoodspace.io.
What Northwood Space pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $138k/yr over the 59 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $56.2k/yr up to $265k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 59 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 6 of the 65 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying Northwood Space jobs open now
Every 65, highest pay firstController (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 2d agoDetails
$200,000–$265,000/yr- $204,000–$255,000/yr
- $122,000–$247,000/yr
Director, International Growth (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 2mo agoDetails
$158,000–$240,000/yrDirector, Commercial Growth (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Torrance, CA · 2mo agoDetails
$158,000–$240,000/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Northwood Space looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Northwood Space is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
Often no degree: a trade school, apprenticeship or military background, plus certifications such as welding or IPC.
An engineering degree; test technicians often come from the military or a technical program.
An electrical engineering degree with RF or signal-processing work; payload roles often want physics or optics.
Northwood Space's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Northwood Space pay by occupation, from its own postings: RF engineer pay, Software engineer pay, Electrical engineer pay, Finance professional pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
Northwood Space sites with openings
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Questions about Northwood Space
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What does Northwood Space pay?
Across the 59 open Northwood Space jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $129k–$226k/yr and the median $138k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $56.2k/yr and the highest $265k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Northwood Space staffing?
Of its 65 openings, the largest groups are programs & business (13), ground software & IT (11) and avionics & electrical (8).
What does Northwood Space ask for in program management and business jobs in space?
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background. The exact bar is in each Northwood Space posting.
How fresh is this list of Northwood Space roles?
We read Northwood Space's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Northwood Space keeps it up, dated with our last check.
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