Systems Engineer/Principal Systems Engineer Signals Processing
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer or a Principal Systems Engineer with a Signal Processing background to work in Sacramento, California. Join a team that develops transformative signal processing solutions to solve complex challenges in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT). Your work will contribute to real-world national security initiatives. We offer a wide variety of professional development opportunities, mentorship by senior engineers, and access to cutting-edge tools and technologies like Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for deployment of advanced signal processing algorithms. The engineer will be expected to have a basic understanding of core communications systems engineering concepts from their electrical engineering degree to perform analysis, devise requirements for and implement the signal processing algorithms.
Requirements
- BS in STEM degree with 2 years relevant experience; or MS degree in a STEM field (for Systems Engineer Level 2)
- BS degree in STEM with 5 years relevant experience; or MS degree in STEM field with 3 years of related experience; or PhD in STEM field with 1 year of related experience (for Principal Systems Engineer Level 3)
- Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI clearance.
- Must have a command on core communications systems engineering concepts to perform analysis, devise requirements for and implement the signal processing algorithms.
- Domain Expertise: Understanding tactical SIGINT operations, military capabilities, and geolocation concepts.
- Requirements Translation: Ability to convert complex operational needs into technical system requirements
- DSP Fundamentals: Understanding of modulation/demodulation, FFT/spectral analysis, filtering (FIR/IIR), resampling, channelization, and detection/estimation theory.
- SIGINT/RF Expertise: Experience with Software Defined Radios (SDR), RF front-ends, IQ data, geolocation techniques (DF/beamforming), and signal characterization
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Active Top Secret with SCI clearance.
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Practical experience or coursework in programming languages such as C++, Rust, or Python.
- Experience with simulating and processing RF communications in GNU Radio.
- Agile/DevOps: Experience in Agile software development and containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes for deploying SIGINT applications
- GPU Acceleration: Demonstrated experience with CUDA for algorithm optimization
- Active TS with SCI clearance
Responsibilities
- Perform architecture trades, design analysis, and performance modeling
- Provide engineering support for hardware development efforts.
- Design detection and characterization algorithms for Radio Frequency communication signals
- Implement detection and characterization algorithms
- Test signal processing algorithms and receivers in a lab environment.
- Design, test, and produce detection, characterization, and geolocation algorithms.
- Support the deployment of core products on new platforms (e.g., manned aircraft, drones, ships, etc.).
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance
- Training and Development
- 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
- Overtime
- Shift differential
- Discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
