Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design

Northrop Grumman•Roselle, IL

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 Missions Systems is seeking experienced RF engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design, Digital beamforming, Hardware/Subsystem Integration and Test, and Antenna Control Design. The qualified candidate will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers developing innovative and cost-effective systems that support a broad range of products and business areas across the lifecycle of a program. Applicants should possess the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings. What you'll get to do: Responsibilities may include Testing and Troubleshooting Line Replacement Units (LRU) of RF architecture, recommend data driven requirements threshold adjustments; perform subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits, support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more. Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments Experienced applicants will have at least a bachelor's degree in science or other related technical degree or have equivalent experience testing and troubleshooting, integration, designing, developing and/or testing radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave antenna systems and/or related RF hardware. Candidates would have the ability to troubleshoot complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. In addition, this candidate should have demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas: Wide Band Waveform Generator test and/or troubleshooting Phase Noise test and/or troubleshooting techniques RF and/or digital hardware test and/or troubleshooting Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level. Integrated Receiver Exciter Assemblies (IREX) Highly integrated subsystems including receiver exciter hardware RF Performance Analysis Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics Subsystem Control Design RF Measurements and Data Reduction Integration and test of RF assemblies Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration Comfortable creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB, python, etc. Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Git Active Interim Secret or higher clearance.

Requirements

Experienced applicants will have at least a bachelor's degree in science or other related technical degree or have equivalent experience testing and troubleshooting, integration, designing, developing and/or testing radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave antenna systems and/or related RF hardware.
Candidates would have the ability to troubleshoot complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
Demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas: Wide Band Waveform Generator test and/or troubleshooting Phase Noise test and/or troubleshooting techniques RF and/or digital hardware test and/or troubleshooting Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level. Integrated Receiver Exciter Assemblies (IREX) Highly integrated subsystems including receiver exciter hardware RF Performance Analysis Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics Subsystem Control Design RF Measurements and Data Reduction Integration and test of RF assemblies Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration Comfortable creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB, python, etc. Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Git Active Interim Secret or higher clearance.
Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 3 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree. U.S. Citizenship is required. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret clearance is required Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment Experience troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems
Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 8 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 6 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree. U.S. Citizenship is required. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret clearance is required Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment Expertise with troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems

Nice To Haves

Current Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Experience Testing, Troubleshooting or designing RF hardware/subsystems
Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level.
Experience with RF lab test equipment: signal generator, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.
Hands on experience in at least one type of these test set: Common RF Test Set (CRFTS), LM-STAR, Hiller Test sets, Phase Noise Test sets and consoles
Experience troubleshooting and resolving HW/SW integration problems
Experience with using or developing software to control hardware (such as MATE or AMAX)
Experience with test scripting, data analysis, and/or signal processing
Experience mentoring other design and/or RF test engineers

Responsibilities

Testing and Troubleshooting Line Replacement Units (LRU) of RF architecture, recommend data driven requirements threshold adjustments
Perform subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits, support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more.
Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments