Staff Engineer RF Microwave Design

Northrop Grumman

84d • $163,200 - $244,800

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. Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets. For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions. Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. Our team is chartered with providing the skills to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law, advancing development of computer architectures, processing/memory subsystems, and large-scale high-performance computing systems. MDA is seeking a Staff Engineer RF Microwave Design with demonstrated ability to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or comparable STEM degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant engineering experience, 10 years of experience with Master's degree, or 8 years of experience with PhD
• Working knowledge of HFSS or COMSOL simulation tool
• Prior experience working with electronics, mechanical requirements, and schematic drawings
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI with Poly Security Clearance
• US Citizenship required

Nice To Haves

• Expert proficiency with industry standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit board design tools (e.g. Keysight ADS, Xpedition, Altium)
• Well versed in working with EM tools for modeling for RF packaging effects (CST Studio, Sonnet, ADS, HSPICE, SI-Wave, Sigrity)
• Experience with spectrum and network analyzer techniques for EMC measurements
• Prior experience with packaging technologies (e.g. ceramic and laminate chip-level packages, printed circuit boards, interposers, wire bonding, etc.)
• Experience with Cryogenic test stands, superconductivity and mechanical CTE
• Ability to provide solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of complex difficulty

Responsibilities

• Designing, modeling, and verifying RF, microwave, and mixed signal subsystem assemblies
• Support verification efforts for RF, Analog, and Digital hardware designs
• Collaborating with peer functions such as Mechanical, Manufacturing, Test, and IC design Engineers
• Deriving and trading requirements with subsystem engineers and component level designers
• Working directly with component level design peers developing custom RF integrated circuit designs to meet assembly-level requirements

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree