Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Staff RF Antenna Cosite Engineer
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $222K/yr
9+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a Staff RF Antenna Cosite Engineer to join their team in Melbourne, FL. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and integration of RF subsystems, focusing on performance analysis, requirements management, and collaboration with program stakeholders.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support development and integration of communications and other RF subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into derived specifications
Perform Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis
Conducting detailed trade studies
Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work
Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
Performing aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off
Support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 14 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. (STEM) AND 9 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
Active Secret DoD Clearance
Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
Ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives
Experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis
Experience in one or more of the following: Designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications
Experience with voice, military and network waveforms
Experience with cryptographic implementations
Experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis
Demonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experience
Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
Preferred
Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment
Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self-directed manner
Experience in model based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
Experience in supplier/subcontract management
Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work
Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
Ability to review documents from the supplier's development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
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