Principal Systems Engineer, SIGINT & RF Signal Processing

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Education assistance

9/80 work schedule

Life and disability insurance

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sacramento, California is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Systems Engineer with a signal processing background to develop transformative SIGINT solutions and contribute to national security initiatives.

The role covers architecture trades, design analysis, performance modeling, RF signal processing, geolocation, and deployment of core products on platforms such as aircraft, drones, and ships.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM with 5+ years (or MS with 3, or PhD with 1) relevant experience.
• Ability to translate operational needs into technical system requirements.
• Strong DSP fundamentals: modulation/demodulation, FFT/spectral analysis, filtering (FIR/IIR), resampling, channelization, and detection/estimation theory.

Responsibilities

• Perform architecture trades, design analysis, and performance modeling.
• Provide engineering support for hardware development.
• Design, implement, and test detection and characterization algorithms for radio‑frequency communication signals.
• Test signal‑processing algorithms and receivers in laboratory environments.
• Produce algorithms for detection, characterization, and geolocation.
• Support deployment of core products on new platforms such as manned aircraft, drones, and ships.

Skills

DSP fundamentals

Geolocation concepts

Signal processing

SDR

C++

Rust

Python

Education

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Docker

Kubernetes

GNU Radio

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sacramento, California is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Systems Engineer with a signal processing background to develop transformative SIGINT solutions and contribute to national security initiatives.

The role covers architecture trades, design analysis, performance modeling, RF signal processing, geolocation, and deployment of core products on platforms such as aircraft, drones, and ships.