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Northrop Grumman · 8 hours ago

Senior Staff Engineering RF Microwave Design

Baltimore, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$184K/yr - $276K/yr

14+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements and is seeking experienced engineers for their Missions Systems / Combat Sensors business unit. The role involves leading a team in the design, integration, and production support of RF Subsystem technologies, with a focus on developing advanced RF receiver/exciter systems.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Development of RF receiver / exciter architectures, requirements generation/flow down; RF subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits, RF performance modeling, test integration for requirements verification, and interface with adjacent subsystems and top-level system

Work will be performed under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives

Experienced applicants will have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Science or other related technical degree and have experience designing, developing and/or testing radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave systems and/or related RF hardware

Candidates should have the ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious

In addition, this candidate should have demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas:

RF Receiver/Exciters technology

RF Performance Analysis

Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics

RF Subsystem Control Design

Receiver / Exciter subsystem and assembly level measurements and Data Reduction

Subsystem and Assembly Level Control and Integration

Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration

Familiarity working with embedded real time software and digital systems

Familiarity with firmware development tool suites including Quartus and Vivado

Comfortable creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB, python, etc

Experience with agile software development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban

Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, GIT

This requisition is contingent upon candidates having a Current Active Secret Clearance per business requirements

Qualification

RF Receiver/Exciters technologyRF Performance AnalysisComputational ElectromagneticsRF Subsystem Control DesignEmbedded real time softwareFirmware development toolsMATLABAgile methodologiesAtlassian Tool SuiteElectrical engineering designTeam leadershipProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 14 years of experience in the areas described in the job description or 12 years of experience with a Master's Degree and/or 8 years of experience with a PhD

US Citizenship and a current active Secret Clearance

Ability to develop highly novel solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of complex difficulty which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity

Established subject matter expertise in numerous areas of RF/Microwave discipline including but not limited to: Receiver and Exciter technology, Antenna, RF components & assemblies, requirements development, EM and related modeling & simulation, RF test verification, production test support, and design for producibility

Exhibit expert proficiency with industry standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit board design tools (i.e. ANSYS HFSS/Maxwell, CST Microwave, Eagleware/Genesys, Hyperlynx, Keysight ADS, Xpedition, AutoCAD)

Sr. Staff Engineers should have a demonstrated ability in technical and team leadership overseeing engineers with experience at least at the Sr. Principal level

Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and equipment

Ability to design, implement, install and maintain electrical systems