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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisThe People Team at Northwood is growing! Matt Busse and I are excited to welcome a People Operations Specialist to the team this fall. This month marks two years for me at Northwood - I’ve had the honor of working alongside a group of people with incredible drive, integrity, character, ownership, and curiosity. These are the roots of a healthy ecosystem, and I’m excited to keep building it. This is a people-forward role that will resonate with someone who leads with empathy, loves execution, and has an eye for building scalable systems and automation. Link to share / apply: https://lnkd.in/g9_t39u4
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Devon Bowman Lee posted thisWe talk a lot about taking space missions farther and faster at Northwood. A key way we make this happen is through our incredible software team. The team is going to 2x this year and we have the following roles open (most in LA, some open to DC): - Senior Software Engineer: https://lnkd.in/gqc6WuYP - Staff Software Engineer: https://lnkd.in/gSEnJpbN - Lead Software Engineer: https://lnkd.in/gctBx5Qs - Head of Software: https://lnkd.in/g-vcc92V Extra points because you get to work with the greatest to ever do it: Shaurya Luthra, Tejas Kannan, Arpi Beshlikyan, Henry Swanson, Rohan K., Blake Haselberger, Melvin Shaw, and more. Please apply directly & DM Connie Chan if interested.
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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisSeries B raised. Come build with us. - Bridgit Mendler is hiring for leadership roles (finance, communications) - Daniel Meinzer is hiring antenna, electrical, and RF engineers - Nicole Callihan is hiring for a supplier quality manager and strategic buyer - Shaurya Luthra is hiring DSP, FPGA, and software engineers - Thomas Row is hiring manufacturing and mechanical engineers - the People team is also growing, we are hiring an HR Manager - ...and many more! Check out all our open roles here: https://lnkd.in/g2qAcghQ Reach out to me, Santa B. or Thomas Ward. If you’re interested in joining this extraordinary team, we’d love to hear from you.Devon Bowman Lee shared thisToday Northwood has raised $100M in Series B funding led by Washington Harbour Partners LP and co-led by Andreessen Horowitz to support a simple objective – take space missions further faster. This financing follows millions in signed contracts including a $49.8 million contract with the U.S. Space Force to support a broad range of satellite functions through the Satellite Control Network (SCN). Our appetite for space has never been stronger but ground is really hard, and no one has been accountable to fix it. Northwood is a vertically integrated, end-to-end ground infrastructure partner – supporting everything from concept to deployment to live data delivery. By owning the full ground stack, we collapse timelines from years to months, and months to days for boundary-pushing space missions. This comprehensive approach enabled a 3-month turnaround time from contract execution with US Space Force to communication links ready for operations. With $100M of new capital less than a year after our $30M Series A, we are ready to build. By the end of 2026, Northwood is targeting the deployment of over 82 beams ready for operations across 18 global ground sites. Simultaneously we will continue to push the boundaries on capabilities in key areas of growth in the space industry enabling high power, dynamic beams for space operations, high throughput, low latency links for satellite communications constellations, and rapidly deployable antennas for proliferated space sensing. Thanks to our other incredible backers Alpine Space Ventures Founders Fund BoxGroup StepStone Group 137 Ventures GC1 Ventures Balerion Space Ventures Also Capital Fulcrum Venture Group GSBackers Pax Ventures and others!
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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisSuper proud of this team, and we are just getting startedDevon Bowman Lee shared thisAt the end of 2024, Northwood was ~15 people working out of a glorified garage, fresh off our first-ever phased array test in North Dakota. We were exhausted, excited, and trying to figure out how to turn real technical progress and early customer pull into something that could actually scale. As we wrap 2025 and look ahead to 2026, the picture looks vastly different, though many of the emotions feel familiar. We’re now 60+ people and approaching capacity in our 35,000 sq ft manufacturing facility. We’ve built the world’s most powerful phased array SATCOM antenna, with hardware actively being deployed as far away as Australia. What started as a small, scrappy team running on Celsius and nicotine has grown into an organization executing across manufacturing, field deployments, multiple product lines, and serious customers (we’ve since upgraded to Yerba Mate, Uncrustables, and slightly less nicotine). The team’s progress was recognized with a $30M Series A earlier this year and continued partnership from some of the world’s most important institutions, with more to share on the customer, technical, and funding fronts soon. A lot of 2025 was about growing up without slowing down: turning velocity into throughput, prototypes into production, and ambition into systems that actually work in the real world. Looking ahead to 2026, expect more deployments, more products, more customers supported, and more mission areas served. The scope of what customers are asking us to take on has changed meaningfully over the past year. The work in front of us is less about proving what’s possible and more about executing at a level that very few teams ever reach. If you’re an engineer, operator, or builder looking for a place where the problems are real, the bar is high, and your work ships, we’re hiring. And if you’re an organization wrestling with RF and communications problems that don’t have obvious answers, let’s talk.
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Devon Bowman Lee reposted thisDevon Bowman Lee reposted thisLooking for a Senior Security Engineer to join me at Northwood Space. Onsite role, competitive comp package. Ideal for someone with hands-on experience building security solutions, whether at security vendors or developing internal security platforms. You'll be architecting security controls for government compliance (NIST 800-171, FedRAMP) and building enterprise SIEM solutions across our space communications infrastructure. Must have 5+ years with infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS), ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance, and experience in government cloud environments. Strong background with compliance frameworks required. Must be US Person. No third party recruiters. https://lnkd.in/gTkEXiHA DM me if interested.
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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisNorthwood's summer 2026 intern roles are now live! We are excited to welcome 10 interns to our team this coming summer in the following disciplines: - Software - FPGA - RF - Electrical - Mechanical - Site Operations - Supply Chain Roles posted here: https://lnkd.in/g2PBy_Vg We will accept applications from 10/1-10/15, conduct interviews from 10/15-10/31, with offers being extended the first week of November. Come build, test, and deploy with us! #internship #universityrecruiting
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Devon Bowman Lee reposted thisDevon Bowman Lee reposted thisNorthwood is opening its doors for its first public event for LA Tech Week I’ll be hosting a panel and I’m looking forward to a great discussion with Edward Ludlow and our guests: - Adam Thurn: Chief Engineer - Space Systems, Anduril Industries - Eric Romo: President & COO, Impulse Space - John Gedmark: CEO & Co-Founder, Astranis Space Technologies
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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisBridgit Mendler and I are hiring Northwood's first comms role!!! This is an incredible opportunity to work hand-in-hand with Bridgit to share Northwood's story with the world. We are just getting started and excited to bring someone onto the team in this role ��� Link here: https://lnkd.in/ghit7tbmDevon Bowman Lee shared thisNorthwood is hiring our first comms role! looking for a special brain to work with me on a story that needs to be told – building critical infrastructure for the next generation of networks between space and Earth. take a look at JD below and apply if interested
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Devon Bowman Lee shared thisEver want to build the IT function from scratch? Northwood is hiring our first full-time IT role! 👩💻 Role posted here - https://lnkd.in/gVXCAvvv
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Melissa Willis & Aman, echoing Ray, thank you so much for organizing! Was a super insightful session and looking forward to the next one.
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Devon Bowman Lee liked thisDevon Bowman Lee liked thisBuilding a satellite ground station is slow because it's bespoke. Custom parts with long lead times, custom integration, calibrated from scratch, every time a mission operator wants to build a site. If you're adding capacity to a network one station at a time, it takes years because these timelines stack on top of one another. Satellites are launching faster than the ground infrastructure that talks to them can be built, and the gap keeps widening. At Northwood, we're building the network connecting Earth to space, and that starts with a proliferated ground network built on a timeline that meets today's demand, so bandwidth never becomes the limiting factor for space missions again. We do it by designing standard network modules that collapse the manufacturing, integration, and deployment time for a ground station. We design unique antenna solutions, then break them into smaller, standardized subunits that can be rapidly manufactured, deployed, and combined to scale performance. Our Portal phased array is a clear example: the antennas can ship in the belly of a Boeing 747 as passenger cargo, and can combine onsite to reproduce the gain of a 7.3m parabolic dish (roughly the size of a 2-story house). Today Northwood opened our new factory in Torrance: 185,000 square feet built to mass-produce ground infrastructure. The facility will run dedicated production lines turning out our two antenna products: Portal, our phased-array system for tracking and control across orbits, and Prism, our parabolic antenna for SATCOM and mission data. It also includes expanded R&D, testing, and lines for further insourcing critical supply chain components. The scaling of our network begins at our new facility. At full ramp, the Prism line will build four antennas a week, and the Portal line will produce more than a full ground site's worth of panels every month, totaling hundreds of antennas a year. Because these are standard modules that recombine for different missions, standing up a site that could have taken three years now takes about three months. We're also hiring 400 people here over the next three years to build it. This is the infrastructure for the future of the space economy, and we're excited for what comes next. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eFkjdNhi
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Devon Bowman Lee liked thisDevon Bowman Lee liked thisYou're gonna need a bigger boat! Over the last few months we've signed up to deliver A LOT of antenna capacity across both Portal and Prism. Somewhat reasonably, we often get the question about how exactly we plan to manufacture enough systems to meet these obligations on such ambitious timelines. Excited to finally be able to share our answer a bit more publicly: 180,000 square feet of new factory space, including the in-housing of critical components that have historically hindered the scaling of network capacity. Those who have visited our current facility have seen our insanely impressive hardware, but to call it a manufacturing "line" would be generous. Now, we'll able to produce 4+ Prisms per week and an entire site of Portal hardware in less than a month simultaneously. An added bonus: enough conference rooms that I won't be able to use finding a phone booth as an excuse for being late to meetings. This is an exciting moment for Northwood as we finally have the facility footprint to match our global footprint ambitions. Come build with us!
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Devon Bowman Lee liked thisDevon Bowman Lee liked thisDoes anyone else feel like the more AI slop posts they read, the more AI slop-y they write, even organically? I found myself drafting something recently and it made me so sad to see AI-isms come into my writing. I had a client recently send me a message that I know wasn't written by chatGPT, but it sounded exactly like it as well. I've started trying to read more books, take intentional time away from computers, and engage more IRL. Any other ideas on how to combat AI slop brain?? Send help.
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Devon Bowman Lee liked thisDevon Bowman Lee liked thisI’ve decided it’s time to de-stress with a more healthy media diet. I’ve been a politics and news junky for most of my adult life. I enjoy spectating political strategy and following world events. When I was in grad school, my mornings started with CNN Headline News. I’d watch CNN when I came home in the afternoon before hitting the books. During the GW Bush era my wife and I devoured the news and commentary on Salon.com. Over time the outlets have changed but the interest remains. But my media habits just haven’t caught up with the plethora of options out there. For example, lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed trying to keep up just with my favorite podcasts. Which is crazy and completely unnecessary. I also find myself worrying a lot about the future - how safe my kids will be given where the world seems to be heading, what AI is going to do to the economy, when and how the Iran war will end, whether the US will be a permanent global pariah - and it’s just stressful. And not the healthy, motivating kind. So I’m cutting back. I’m going to try to limit myself to 4 regular podcasts (The Daily, The Ezra Klein Show, The Carmudgeon Show, and whatever the Hard Fork guys do next). I’ve also turned off 2 of the 3 news notifications on my phone. LinkedIn will be the only social media I use (for good or ill). On top of that, I’m adding more music back into my diet. No more news while I workout. Just beats. Running a business is stressful. Raising a tween and a teen is too. I don’t need to intentionally add more stress to my life. So I’m going to see if I can better balance staying informed with staying grounded in things that give me joy and agency. Wish me luck. I’m curious what others have done to strike that balance. Any tips? Below is the cover art from my latest listen: Maribou State’s latest album Hallucinating Love. I’m open to music recs as long as they aren’t pop country 😉
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Devon Bowman Lee reacted on thisDevon Bowman Lee reacted on thisAlways a bit surreal to see your face on a list like the #TIME100AI. Building technology this transformative is an extraordinary scientific feat - and making sure it serves people in the real world is an even bigger human effort. No one company or individual builds this future alone. Looking across this list, I see so many peers, mentors, friends & fellow travellers I admire, working to meet this AI moment with responsibility & care. If we get this right, AI could be the most beneficial technology we’ve ever seen. But it has to happen with people, not to them. Onwards! TIME https://lnkd.in/e4YyyGGf
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Devon Bowman Lee reacted on thisDevon Bowman Lee reacted on thisAs another incredible Rivian intern cohort approaches its wrap-up, I am reminded of why mentoring the next generation is so rewarding. Thank you to our amazing interns for your curiosity, grit, and the innovative solutions you brought to our projects! For the last 3 years, we’ve had the opportunity to coach and guide great individuals with amazing ideas and bright futures! Thank you! Urim Song Zhu, Jefferson Zhang, Jane Riess and Ronith Raha #rivianintern #adventurousforever
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