RF Electronics Manufacturing Engineer – On-Site

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 88,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

Training & development

9/80 work schedule

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks an Engineer Electronics – Manufacturing Engineering (RF) on-site in Rolling Meadows, IL. The role focuses on test station development, manufacturability improvements, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to support RF production hardware in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have RF hardware experience, project leadership, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship is required; relocation is not emphasized.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology or related STEM field; 2+ years experience or Master’s degree.
• Experience with troubleshooting hardware, software, or firmware issues.
• Experience with hardware projects involving hardware design, development, integration and validation.
• Experience managing small to medium scale projects or leading continuous improvement projects.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Test Station Development: lead and support RF test stations including requirements reviews, equipment selection, drawings, build, validation and testing.
• Design Feedback: identify manufacturability improvements to reduce assembly complexity and costs; work with Design Engineering.
• Production support: coordinate with multiple teams to test RF products and resolve nonconformance issues.
• Continuous improvement: review quality metrics and drive cost, cycle-time and defect reductions.
• Project management: lead day-to-day test engineering efforts and report status to stakeholders.

Skills

RF testing

Troubleshooting hardware

Hardware development

Project management

Security clearance eligible

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

SAP

RF test instruments

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks an Engineer Electronics – Manufacturing Engineering (RF) on-site in Rolling Meadows, IL. The role focuses on test station development, manufacturability improvements, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to support RF production hardware in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have RF hardware experience, project leadership, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship is required; relocation is not emphasized.