Staff Systems Engineer (RF Communications)taff

Northrop Grumman•Cincinnati, OH

2d•$161,000 - $241,400•Onsite

About The Position

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman. Join Northrop Grumman – Cincinnati (aka Xetron), part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. Our Northrop Grumman Cincinnati, Ohio small business culture operates collaboratively within a larger corporation providing the benefits of both. This unique relationship offers employees the ability to know everyone at the site while working on technologies and products that are beyond state-of-the-art. You and your team will wrestle with the next big problems in an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation, sharing your expertise while learning from the expert next to you. Remember when you were excited about getting to work because of the challenge of the problem, the importance of the solution and the fun you had with your team? It's that kind of place! But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself! See why we receive comments on our YouTube Videos like “This company is insanely advanced” and “Wow. This is mind blowing.” See some of our recent Awards and Recognition and read about some of the reasons to live in Cincinnati. We are seeking a cleared Staff Systems Engineer for a critical leadership role in our Systems Engineering Group as a key contributor to the successful completion of RF Communications projects. Professionals who want to solve the challenges that make a difference to our nation’s security. Please be aware that this position will be contingent upon obtaining funding, customer approval and holding final clearances prior to start date. This position is perfect for a candidate who can lead design efforts to produce new hardware products at the Xetron facility that support National Defense partners. The products produced at this facility support all domains of intelligence and defense battlespaces including land, sea, air and space. Many of the problem-sets our customers expect us to solve do not have known solutions, so ingenuity is essential. The senior principal systems engineer has overall technical responsibility for the electrical design, development, integration, and test for the development project and serves as the primary point of contact for the external customer and internal development engineering team. Ideal candidates for this position have substantial breadth and depth of knowledge in all aspects of engineering with a focus on producing deployable hardware products derived from generalized customer mission objectives and goals into traceable requirements. The candidate must have the ability to independently form innovative solutions to difficult problems and lead teams of highly skilled engineers to execute these solutions and act as the link between technical and business goals of the project. Typical teams are 5-10 people and require our engineers to have diverse skill sets that apply to the entire lifecycle of a program. This position allows the candidate to have direct contact with our end customers and end operators of our products, which allows for pragmatic and early feedback from the user community during the design process. Preferred technical background includes experience with collaborating across engineering teams to resolve and integrate technical/engineering requirements and verify their incorporation into the resulting product.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, or other STEM degree, plus 12 years of progressive experience OR Master of Science degree plus 10 years of progressive experience, OR PhD plus 7 years of progressive experience
Recent design experience and a track record of successful RF product designs.
Experience leading engineering teams from various disciplines in a recent technical development project
Experience in assessing project status in terms of technical, cost, and schedule execution
US Citizenship is required
Active Top-Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience as an IPT lead, functional lead, or leadership in the military
Experience with model-based system engineering concepts and platforms, such as Cameo
Experience with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, MIL-STD-499, and/or INCOSE system engineering life-cycle processes
Experience integrating antenna, RF subsystems, and processing hardware/software into a complete system
RF modeling, simulation, and analysis including link budgets
MATLAB knowledge and/or experience
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply varied technologies
Ability to collaborate in a team environment.

Responsibilities

Overall technical responsibility for the electrical design, development, integration, and test for the development project.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the external customer and internal development engineering team.
Independently form innovative solutions to difficult problems.
Lead teams of highly skilled engineers to execute these solutions.
Act as the link between technical and business goals of the project.
Collaborate across engineering teams to resolve and integrate technical/engineering requirements and verify their incorporation into the resulting product.
Lead design efforts to produce new hardware products at the Xetron facility that support National Defense partners.
Perform as liaison to the customer for all engineering efforts.