Principal or Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company at the forefront of technological advancements as a Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer. This exciting role involves designing and verifying cutting-edge RF and microwave systems, collaborating with a diverse team of experts, and contributing to revolutionary computing technologies. With a focus on energy-efficient superconducting electronics, you'll play a key part in developing innovative solutions that redefine the future. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Company paid holidays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in RF design and microwave engineering.
• Proficient in EM simulation tools and electronics design.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify RF, microwave, and mixed signal subsystem assemblies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for hardware designs.
• Support verification efforts for RF, Analog, and Digital hardware.

Skills

EM simulation tool (HFSS, CST Studio, Sonnet, ADS, HSPICE, SI-Wave, Sigrity)

Electronics design

Mechanical requirements

Schematic drawings

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in related STEM field

Tools

Ansys HFSS

COMSOL

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

High speed digital IO

Job description

Principal or Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: PolygraphTRAVEL: 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.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets. For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions. Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. Our team is chartered with providing the skills to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law, advancing development of computer architectures, processing/memory subsystems, and large-scale high-performance computing systems. MDA is seeking a Principal/ Senior Principal RF Design Engineer with demonstrated ability to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

What You’ll get to Do:

Superconducting electronics form the core of our technology, with a focus on energy-efficient computation using our patented superconducting digital logic technology, Reciprocal Quantum Logic (RQL). On a gate-for-gate basis, RQL consumes orders of magnitude less power than CMOS while running at significantly higher clock speeds. As an RF Design Engineer on our team, you’ll work alongside physicists, circuit design engineers, and superconducting foundry engineers to develop these technologies into reality. Related job functions include:

• Designing, modeling, and verifying RF, microwave, and mixed signal subsystem assemblies
• Support verification efforts for RF, Analog, and Digital hardware designs
• Collaborating with peer functions such as Mechanical, Manufacturing, Test, and IC design Engineers
• Deriving and trading requirements with subsystem engineers and component level designers
• Working directly with component level design peers developing custom RF integrated circuit designs to meet assembly-level requirements

This position is contingent on clearance.

This position will serve 100% on-site in Linthicum, MD or Annapolis Junction, MD.

This position will be filled at either the Principal RF Engineer or Sr. Principal RF Engineer level based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for the Principal RF Engineer Level:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM degree and 5 years of relevant work experience required, or a master's degree and 3 years of experience.
• Working knowledge of an EM simulation tool (HFSS, CST Studio, Sonnet, ADS, HSPICE, SI-Wave, Sigrity)
• Prior experience working with electronics, mechanical requirements, and schematic drawings
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI with Poly Security Clearance
• US Citizenship is a requirement

Basic Qualifications for the Sr. Principal RF Engineer Level:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM degree and 8years of relevant work experience required, or a master's degree and 6 years of experience.
• Working knowledge of an EM simulation tool (HFSS, CST Studio, Sonnet, ADS, HSPICE, SI-Wave, Sigrity)
• Prior experience working with electronics, mechanical requirements, and schematic drawings
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI with Poly Security Clearance
• US Citizenship is a requirement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Well versed in working with Ansys HFSS or COMSOL modeling for RF packaging effects
• Experience with spectrum and network analyzer techniques for EMC measurements
• Prior experience with packaging technologies (e.g. ceramic and laminate chip-level packages, printed circuit boards, interposers, wire bonding, etc.)
• Experience with Cryogenic test stands, superconductivity and mechanical CTE
• Experience working with software programing languages
• Hands on experience utilizing test instrumentation such and power supplies, network analyzers, Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, High speed digital IO

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Salary Range: $105,400.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $131,100.00 - $206,000.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 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.

About the company

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. Northrop Grumman and its industry partners have won the Collier Trophy eight times, most recently for developing the X-47B, the first unmanned, autonomous air system to operate from an aircraft carrier.