Systems Lead- Engineering - Rolling Meadows, IL, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Engineering

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 25% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.

Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.

Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences.

We are looking for you to join our team as a RF SEIT - Staff Systems Engineer based out of Rolling Meadows, IL ( greater Chicago area ) .

As a Staff Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation.

Be part of a Systems Engineering team working on state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Electronic Warfare (RFEW) systems designed to protect the warfighter.

Our team supports the Emerging Capabilities Development (ECD) programs within several areas including, Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS).

In this role you will own competitive programs, work with the program management office on strategic captures, and be responsible for guiding engineering execution to schedule and budget.

Collaborate with functional managers to build the engineering teams for your programs
Work with the engineering team to develop a solution, define an architecture, and perform all modeling and analysis needed to obtain a deep understanding of how the system architecture fulfills the mission level goals (this will require coordination across many disciplines to ensure that the system description and requirements are properly and thoroughly defined and captured)
Work closely with the Systems Engineering Lead to ensure programs complete on schedule and budget

Some of the engineering focus may include:
Computational electromagnetics, wave theory, RF propagation modeling, antenna design, and RF chain analysis
Turning low TRL concepts into reality through MATLAB implementation
Guiding embedded software, firmware, and FPGA implementation

PhD in a STEM field and 9 years of experience or MS degree in STEM field with 12+ years of related experience or BS degree in STEM field with 14+ years of related experience
Experience with algorithm development and/or antenna modeling/RF chain analysis
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citizen and must have an Active Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance and meetEnhanced Security Review criteria prior to start which may vary by program(s).

Experience architecting and developing Electronic Warfare RF systems with real-time digital signal processing
Understanding of RF propagation modeling, computational electromagnetics, wave theory, antenna design, and RF chain analysis.
Experience turning concepts into reality through MATLAB implementation of new technologies
Knowledge of C, C++, CUDA, VHDL, OpenCL, SysML, Python, or other scripting languages
Experience with Model Based Engineering (MBE) concepts and tools (Rhapsody)
Experience in an integration and test environment for complex electronic systems evaluation
Experience in development and management of cost accounts and schedules as related to Systems Engineering tasks

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.