RF Microwave Design Engineer Level 4 - Baltimore

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation/personal

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Baltimore, MD seeks a Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer to lead a team in delivering space hardware across multiple test campaigns. Responsibilities include RF/microwave system design, antenna development, and test execution.

The role requires active security clearance and strong collaboration with internal/external customers, with opportunities to mentor engineers and contribute to diverse space programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level STEM degree required with 8+ years experience or Master with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience with AESAs and RF/microwave hardware is essential.
• Experience presenting complex programs to non-technical stakeholders and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, tests RF/microwave systems architecture and sub-systems.
• Leads a team through integration, test, and analysis of complex antenna systems.
• Mentors junior engineers and presents results to customers.

Skills

AESAs

Team leadership

RF system design

MATLAB

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C#

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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.

The Electronics and Payload Division within Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Eastern Region pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking experienced engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Receiver/Processors and RF/Microwave design and test. Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer will lead a team working toward the delivery of space production hardware across multiple test campaigns. These positions will support our Electronics and Payloads Team, located in Baltimore, MD.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Designs, develops, tests radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave systems architecture, Sub-systems, circuits, or products. Includes antenna design, both reflector and array systems, frequency synthesizers, transmitters, and receivers. General frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques. Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform moderately complex professional tasks. Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned.

In addition, this candidate should demonstrate familiarity/technical ability in one or more of the following areas:

• Active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs)
• Conducting Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
• Documentation experience, generating test procedures, test reports, RF requirements, data analysis, data presentations
• Data Processing
• Highly integrated subsystems including antenna hardware
• Antenna/RF Performance Analysis
• Antenna or Subsystem Control Design
• Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction
• Systems Architecture
• Antenna range integration, test, and system integration
• Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
• Leading a team of antenna design engineers and RF analysts through the integration, test, and analysis of complex and highly integrated antenna systems.
• Presenting to internal and external customers.
• Mentoring junior engineers on antenna design and analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor's STEM degree or in a related discipline with 8 years of applicable work experience, 6 years of experience with a Master's degree and/or 3 years of experience with a Ph.D.
• Must have current and active Secret security clearance at time of application and have the ability to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance
• Experience with AESA’s
• Experience using RF test equipment (Signal Generators, Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, O-scopes)
• Must be able collaborate in a team environment and lead/develop teams
• Experience presenting complex technical programs and concepts to non-technical personnel and customers
• Able to develop technical solutions to complex problems
• Experience using MATLAB, Python, C#
• Experience with high rate production hardware, tools and processes or hardware designed for space environments
• Experience with debugging hardware and working through test failures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience using modeling tools such as STK

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

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.

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.

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• 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.