RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
DescriptionNorthrop Grumman Mission Systems, AMS E&S is seeking experienced engineers in the following areas: Receiver Exciter, RF/Microwave design and Digital Technology.
The Principal / Sr. Principal RF Engineer role is focused on RF/Microwave Design and Analysis. Responsibilities include but not limited to:
The candidate should demonstrate familiarity/technical ability in one or more of the following areas:
- Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
- Systems Architecture
- Receiver/Exciter Architecture
- Documentation experience, generating test procedures, test reports, RF requirements, data analysis, data presentation
- Data Processing
- Measurements and Data Reduction
- Performance Modeling
- Support performance testing, requirements verification and more.
- Integrated subsystems including DREX and Antenna Hardware
- Subsystem integration, test, and system integration
- Conducting Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
- Perform in-depth analysis of hardware commanding down to the register level
In addition, this candidate should have demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs)
- Highly integrated subsystems including antenna hardware
- Reflectors, Reflect Arrays, Digital Beam Forming
- Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
- Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics
- Expertise in Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction, including RF budget analysis and performance evaluation
- Strong MATLAB programming skills, with ability to develop scripts and function for big data processing and analysis
- Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Git
These roles are contingent upon maintaining a Secret Clearance and obtaining SAP clearance.
These roles are contingent upon Program Award.
This role can be filled at either the Level 3 or Level 4 per the requirements below.
Basic Qualification Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer: - Must hold a Secret or Top-Secret security clearance
- Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 4 years of experience in the areas described in the job description or Master's Degree with 2 years of experience or PhD with 0 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience on lieu of degree is acceptable.
- Proficient in MATLAB
- Experience processing large amounts of data
- Have an understanding of Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
Basic Qualifications Sr Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design:- Must hold a Secret or Top-Secret security clearance
- Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 8 years of experience in the areas described in the job description or Master's Degree with 6 years of experience or PhD with 3 years of experience
- An additional 4 years of experience on lieu of degree.
- Sr. Principal Engineers should have a demonstrated ability in technical and team leadership overseeing engineers with experience at least at the Principal level.
- Strong knowledge using MATLAB
- Strong knowledge of processing large amount of data
- Strong understanding of AESA / phased array, Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM sensors
- Be able to delegate, task and oversee the work of junior RF engineers
Preferred Qualifications:- TS/SCI clearance
- SAP clearance
- Experience troubleshooting RF subsystems
- Strong understanding of Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
- Requirements generation/flow down
Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
