Principal / Sr. Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

1d•$108,800 - $203,600

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 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. 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.

Requirements

Must hold a Secret or Top-Secret security clearance
Proficient in MATLAB
Experience processing large amounts of data
Have an understanding of Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
Strong knowledge using MATLAB
Strong knowledge of processing large amount of data
Strong understanding of AESA / phased array, Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM sensors
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

TS/SCI clearance
SAP clearance
Experience troubleshooting RF subsystems
Requirements generation/flow down

Responsibilities

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
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
Sr. Principal Engineers should have a demonstrated ability in technical and team leadership overseeing engineers with experience at least at the Principal level.
Be able to delegate, task and oversee the work of junior RF engineers