Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design with Security Clearance - Baltimore, MD, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way
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
Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history
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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way
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
Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history
The qualified candidates will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers developing innovative and cost-effective systems that support a broad range of products and business areas across the lifecycle of a program
Applicants should possess the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
The AMS E&S organization at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems in Baltimore, Maryland is seeking experienced RF engineers in the following areas:
Antennas, Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design, Digital beam-forming
Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments
Candidates would have the ability to develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity

Responsibilities may include development of:

• Antenna architectures
• Receiver / exciter architectures,
• Requirements generation/flow down
• Subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits.
• Performance modeling
• Support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more.

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

• Active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs)
• Highly integrated subsystems including antenna hardware
• Reflectors, Reflect Arrays, Digital Beam Forming
• Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
• Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics
• Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction
• Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
• Comfortable creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB, python, etc
• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, GitThe Engineering RF Microwave Design positions require the candidates to have the ability to obtain and maintain at least a Secret Clearance per business requirements

These roles are full-time onsite opportunities

Basic Qualification Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer:

• Must hold a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Education
• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience in the areas described in the job description or
• Master's Degree with 3 years of experience or
• PhD with 0 years of experience
• Experience using MATLAB
• Have a basic understanding of Antenna/RF Performance Analysis Basic Qualifications Sr Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design:
• Must hold a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Education
• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 9 years of experience in the areas described in the job description or
• Master's Degree with 7 years of experience or
• PhD with 4 years of experience
• Sr

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

• Strong knowledge using MATLAB
• Strong understanding of AESA / phased array, Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM sensors
• Be able to delegate, task and oversee the work of junior RF engineers

Preferred Qualifications:

• TS/SCI clearance
• SAP clearance
• Experience troubleshooting RF subsystems.
• Strong understanding of Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
• Requirements generation/flow down

Salary Range:
$102,400 - $153,600

Salary Range 2:
$127,000 - $190,600 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives

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
However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce
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
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Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.