Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design - R10219431 jobs in United States
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Northrop Grumman · 4 days ago

Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design - R10219431

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking experienced RF engineers. The role involves developing innovative RF and microwave systems, troubleshooting, and ensuring performance testing and requirements verification.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
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Responsibilities

Testing and Troubleshooting Line Replacement Units (LRU) of RF architecture, recommend data driven requirements threshold adjustments; perform subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits, support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more
Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments

Qualification

RF/Microwave designTestingTroubleshootingSubsystem IntegrationComputational ElectromagneticsDigital beamformingAntenna Control DesignMATLABPythonData analysisProblem solvingCommunication skillsTeam collaborationMentoring

Required

Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 3 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree
U.S. Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret clearance is required
Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment
Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment
Experience troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems
Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 8 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 6 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree
U.S. Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret clearance is required
Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment
Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment
Expertise with troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems

Preferred

Current Active DoD Secret Clearance
Experience Testing, Troubleshooting or designing RF hardware/subsystems
Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level
Experience with RF lab test equipment: signal generator, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc
Hands on experience in at least one type of these test set: Common RF Test Set (CRFTS), LM-STAR, Hiller Test sets, Phase Noise Test sets and consoles
Experience troubleshooting and resolving HW/SW integration problems
Experience with using or developing software to control hardware (such as MATE or AMAX)
Experience with test scripting, data analysis, and/or signal processing
Experience mentoring other design and/or RF test engineers

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

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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