RF Microwave Design Engineer Level 4 - Baltimore
About The Position
The Electronics and Payload Division within Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Eastern Region pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking experienced engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Receiver/Processors and RF/Microwave design and test. Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer will lead a team working toward the delivery of space production hardware across multiple test campaigns. These positions will support our Electronics and Payloads Team, located in Baltimore, MD.
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor’s STEM degree or in a related discipline with 8 years of applicable work experience, 6 years of experience with a Master’s degree and/or 3 years of experience with a Ph.D.
- Must have current and active Secret security clearance at time of application and have the ability to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance
- Experience with AESA’s
- Experience using RF test equipment (Signal Generators, Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, O-scopes)
- Must be able collaborate in a team environment and lead/develop teams
- Experience presenting complex technical programs and concepts to non-technical personnel and customers
- Able to develop technical solutions to complex problems
- Experience using MATLAB, Python, C#
- Experience with high rate production hardware, tools and processes or hardware designed for space environments
- Experience with debugging hardware and working through test failures.
- U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Nice To Haves
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Experience using modeling tools such as STK
Responsibilities
- Designs, develops, tests radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave systems architecture, Sub-systems, circuits, or products. Includes antenna design, both reflector and array systems, frequency synthesizers, transmitters, and receivers.
- General frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
- Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform moderately complex professional tasks.
- Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned.
- Active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs)
- Conducting Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
- Documentation experience, generating test procedures, test reports, RF requirements, data analysis, data presentations
- Data Processing
- Highly integrated subsystems including antenna hardware
- Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
- Antenna or Subsystem Control Design
- Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction
- Systems Architecture
- Antenna range integration, test, and system integration
- Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
- Leading a team of antenna design engineers and RF analysts through the integration, test, and analysis of complex and highly integrated antenna systems.
- Presenting to internal and external customers.
- Mentoring junior engineers on antenna design and analysis.
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
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
