Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman Missions Systems is seeking experienced engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design and Software development. The qualified candidate will join a team working toward advanced optimization algorithms that leverage high -fidelity Computational Electromagnetic (CEM)-based simulations.

Responsibilities may include algorithm development, software maintenance, performance modeling, GUI & Control development, and more. Experienced applicants will have experience with high-fidelity CEM-based simulations, mixed fidelity techniques (high frequency to full wave methods), time domain methods.

Basic Qualification Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience in the areas described in the job description. 3 years of experience with a Master's Degree and/or 0 years of experience with a PhD. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

• US Citizenship.

• Active Secret Clearance.

• 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 or Subsystem Control Design

• Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction

• Antenna range integration, test, and system 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

Basic Qualification Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 9 years of experience in the areas described in the job description. 7 years of experience with a Master's Degree and/or 4 years of experience with a PhD.

• US Citizenship

• Active Secret Clearance.

• 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 or Subsystem Control Design

• Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction

• Antenna range integration, test, and system 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• TS/SCI

• Experience using MATLAB

• Familiar with Antenna radiation pattern collection. In particular, the acquisition of radiation patterns via the NSI2000 or MI3000 platforms.

• Familiar with NF to FF transformation of antenna patterns.

• Familiar with the antenna characteristics that are acquired from radiation patterns (Gain and/or ERP from Rx and/or Tx applications, Beamwidth, SLL, Directivity, PoB).

• Familiar with antenna/RF coordinate systems and plotting (U, V; Theta, Phi; Azimuth, Elevation; X, Y).

• Familiar with antenna/RF applications based on bandwidth.

• Experience with documentation generation to include writing Test Procedures, Test Plans, Test Description Documents, Test Reports, and Requirements Assessment.

• Experience with generating input to engineering milestones related to Test Readiness Reviews, and Data Reviews for Pass/Fail Criteria assessment.

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

• High frequency methods, Physical Optics

• Finite Element Method

• Integral Equation Method

• Experience with agile software development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban

• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Git

Role is contingent on candidate's ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance, Customer Approval and Special Program Access.

Salary Range: $102,400.00 - $153,600.00Salary Range 2: $127,000.00 - $190,600.00

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. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.