Sr Principal/Principal Avionics Radar Engineer

Northrop Grumman • Melbourne, FL

51d • $98,400 - $184,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Sr Principal/Principal Avionics Radar Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals in our Avionics Integration Organization. This role is located onsite in Melbourne, Florida. A successful Avionics Radar Engineer has good leadership skills with a good understanding of Radar System Principles, Signal Processing, and RF Wave Propagation principles. The Avionics Radar Engineer consistently brings up concerns, issues and risk and holds team to a high level of technical rigor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience OR Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 3 years of experience OR PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 0 years of experience
• Must have working knowledge of radar principles and have experience with computer simulations, mathematical modeling, and programming
• RF and Microwave Engineering: Knowledge of RF and microwave components, circuits, and their behavior
• Antenna Design and Optimization: Experience with designing, analyzing, and optimizing antennas for specific radar applications.
• Signal Processing: Proficiency in digital signal processing techniques for radar data, including filtering, detection, and tracking
• At minimum, an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of experience OR Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 6 years of experience OR PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 4 years of experience
• Must have working knowledge of radar principles and have experience with computer simulations, mathematical modeling, and programming
• RF and Microwave Engineering: Knowledge of RF and microwave components, circuits, and their behavior
• Antenna Design and Optimization: Experience with designing, analyzing, and optimizing antennas for specific radar applications
• Signal Processing: Proficiency in digital signal processing techniques for radar data, including filtering, detection, and tracking
• At minimum, an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs

Nice To Haves

• Good analytical, problem-solving and communication skills are also essential
• Supplier Management experience
• Familiar with MATLAB, Python, or other Programming Languages for Radar Modeling & Simulation work scope

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering support for Radar Performance Analysis which includes analyzing Radar Design, working with key suppliers to develop radar systems, and testing advanced radar systems for various applications
• Create aircraft system schematics to support air vehicle wiring diagrams
• Support flight test activities and post flight data analysis, and resolution of flight test anomalies
• Contribute to the development of proposals and presentations for new business opportunities while collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring new radar technologies to market
• Support of the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents such as SSOWs, PDIRs, and SCDs
• Radar Requirements development and analysis with the capability to support trade studies
• Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, with the ability to troubleshoot hardware avionics equipment in a lab environment
• Manage suppliers, review, and analyze supplier design data, define functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution
• Provide technical support to other departments, including sales and production
• Stay current with the latest industry developments and technologies

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal