Electrical Engineer 3/4 (AHT)
About The Position
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Radar Integrated Product Team (IPT) supporting the design and development of a new ground-based radar supporting Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The Radar IPT is responsible for the design, development and integration of the major RF and Analog Subsystems / Components of the radar system. This role will be reporting to the Radar IPT lead and working collaboratively with team members of the RADAR IPT through the major design (i.e., SRR, PDR, CDR) and integration milestones (integration point testing, assembly, checkout) of the radar system components. The ideal candidate should have a strong foundational knowledge in the Systems Engineering Development lifecycle and experience with the design, development, and testing of RF systems. Experience with technical management of major subcontractors is also sought.
Requirements
- Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of relevant experience (for Level 3)
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of relevant experience (for Level 4)
- Experience with LNA’s
- RF signal chain analysis experience
- Ability to work within an RF lab environment
- RF test equipment and measurement experience (i.e., noise figure, phase noise)
- Experience with component integration and checkout
- Experience with reading and developing engineering drawings and electronic BOM’s
- Experience with Atlassian tool sets (JIRA, Confluence)
- Familiar with Model Based Systems Engineering principles
- Experience working within CAMEO
- Ability to travel up to 10% domestically
Nice To Haves
- Top Secret Clearance
- Technical degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
- Familiar with technical major subcontract management
- Previous experience working on ground-based radar systems
- Previous experience with supporting proposals and developing technical basis of estimate
- Systems design experience leveraging with one of the following: Parabolic Antennas, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) experience, RF over fiber optic media converters, Cryogenically Cooled LNA’s, High speed analog to digital converters
- Ability to travel up to 25% internationally and domestically
Responsibilities
- Collaboratively define and document Radar IPT hardware architecture
- Support the development of component specifications and procurement requirements
- Lead or support the technical management of major subcontractors
- Develop and manage Statements of Works for major subcontractors
- Perform compliance analysis on key performance parameters
- Work within an RF lab environment to support characterization and measurement of equipment
- Work with engineering drafting to document the systems Bill of Material (BOM) and assembly drawings
- Support the development of integration plans and procedures
- Support assembly, integration and checkout of hardware components
- Support design trade studies and component obsolescence review
- Occasionally present to engineering leadership
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for Vice President or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
