Principal or Senior Principal Engineer level RF Electronics Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 152,100 - 228,100; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal RF Antenna COSITE Engineer in Melbourne, FL. Work includes RF subsystem development, performance analysis, requirements management, and verification across complex missions.

Candidates should have STEM degrees, relevant experience, and active US clearance. The role demands strong collaboration with suppliers and program stakeholders in a fast-paced defense environment.

Qualifications

• Active US Government Top Secret clearance or higher.
• Experience with RF antenna analysis and co-site analysis.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into specifications.
• Experience in supplier/subcontract management and documentation.
• Strong communication skills and teamwork ability.

Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of RF subsystems to meet mission objectives.
• Perform CEM antenna analysis for source/victim co-site analysis.
• Translate customer requirements into derived specifications.
• Collaborate with program stakeholders and manage interfaces.
• Review supplier documents and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Electromagnetics knowledge

RF component design

Systems engineering methods

Supplier documentation review

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Cameo / SysML tools

MATLAB

Excel

Jira

Confluence

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

Aeronautics Systems

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Principal or Senior Principal level RF Antenna COSITE Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. In this role, you will contribute to the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of communications and other RF subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into derived specifications
• Perform Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis
• Conducting detailed trade studies
• Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
• Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
• Performing aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off
• Support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams

Expected Skills

• Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
• Ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives
• Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow‑down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment

Basic Qualifications

At a Principal Level:

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience

Senior Principal Level

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience

At Both Levels

• Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co‑site) analysis
• Must have experience in one or more of the following:
• Designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications
• Experience with voice, military and network waveforms
• Experience with cryptographic implementations
• Experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis
• Must have data analysis experience
• Must have experience in supplier/subcontract management
• Must have experience with developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self‑directed manner
• Experience in model based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
• Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
• Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
• Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
• Active US Government Top Secret Clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,100.00 - $228,100.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.