Northrop Grumman Australia · 4 months ago
Principal / Sr. Principal RF/Microwave Design Engineer
United States-Oklahoma-Oklahoma City
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading defense technology company that provides innovative solutions for global customers. They are seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal RF/Microwave Design Engineer to support large projects within an Integrated Product Team, focusing on RF system architectures and hardware design for various military platforms.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support the development of RF system architectures including block diagrams of hardware design concepts from system requirements, industry standards, and requirements flowed down by systems engineers
Simulate RF systems, subsystems, and circuits using industry standard simulation tools including Keysight Advanced Design System (ADS) and Cadence Microwave Office (MWO)
Modeling of system level functions using Matlab or other modeling tools for analysis prior to hardware implementation
Test and troubleshoot prototype and production hardware in the lab using RF, analog, and digital test equipment
Work closely with software and hardware team in developing and testing control software for RF circuits and subsystems
Qualification
Required
Must have one of the following: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years of relevant RF/microwave engineering experience
Must have one of the following: Master's degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 3 years of relevant engineering experience with Masters
Candidate must have experience with RF systems
Candidate should have experience testing antennas and antenna arrays including evaluating antenna parameters and patterns
Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and equipment
Candidate must have solid written and verbal skills to effectively interact with Government counterparts, other defense contractor organizations, and other cross-functional organizations
Experience with Electronic troubleshooting from component to assembly levels
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance
Must have one of the following: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 9 years of relevant RF/microwave engineering experience
Must have one of the following: Master's degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 7 years of relevant engineering experience with Masters
Must have one of the following: A PhD degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of engineering experience
Candidate must have experience testing antennas and/or antenna arrays
Candidate must have experience with testing and evaluating antenna parameters and patterns
Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and equipment
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance
Preferred
Experience in military, government, commercial aerospace industry (e.g. aviation/equipment maintenance, aircraft operations, or commercial industrial technology companies)
Experienced with the design, analysis and architecture of Passive Antenna Array systems
Experience with the use of RF test equipment like spectrum analyzers, network analyzers and waveform generators
Experience with cable management and cable assembly requirements for RF and fiber optic applications
Experienced developing technical data packages and documentation supporting HW baselines via engineering drawings
Familiarity with RF and mixed signal printed circuit board and circuit card assembly level design
Familiarity with RF budgeting, frequency planning, RF chain analysis and modeling, schematic capture, electromagnetic simulation, signal integrity analysis
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase