Senior EP Radar Architect

ngc; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 203,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Electronically Protected Radar SME to lead system architecture and integration of EP capabilities for advanced combat platforms. You will direct multi-disciplinary teams, guide requirements, and shape EP radar roadmaps while ensuring performance in contested environments.

The role emphasizes lab/SIL/HIL verification, flight testing, and collaboration with program leadership to advance radar technology. A Secret clearance and DoD experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in STEM fields; multiple paths may apply.
• Active U.S. Citizenship required for DoD programs.
• Current/active U.S. Government Secret Clearance required.
• Experience in radar systems for DoD or similar platforms.
• Experience with EP radar, RF systems, and related signal processing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as electronically protected radar SME, providing system-level technical leadership across programs and platforms.
• Lead architecture and requirements development for EP radar capabilities (anti-jam, interference mitigation, spectrum resiliency).
• Plan and execute trade studies, modeling, simulation, and system analyses to optimize radar performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Define and oversee EP radar performance metrics, verification, and validation strategies, including lab, SIL/HIL, and flight test.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to systems, RF, digital, software, and algorithm engineers.
• Collaborate with program leadership, technical leadership, and customers to shape radar technology roadmaps and EP insertion strategies.
• Support modernization and new business efforts, including technical concepts, proposal inputs, and customer briefings/demonstrations.
• Develop and maintain interface definitions and integration strategies between radar EP functions and mission systems.
• Review and approve technical documentation (requirements, ICDs, designs, analyses, test plans/procedures).
• Identify, track, and mitigate EP radar technical risks and opportunities.
• Maintain awareness of radar/EW threat trends and lessons learned.

Skills

Radar systems engineering

Electronic warfare

Signal processing

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Electronically Protected Radar SME to lead system architecture and integration of EP capabilities for advanced combat platforms. You will direct multi-disciplinary teams, guide requirements, and shape EP radar roadmaps while ensuring performance in contested environments.

The role emphasizes lab/SIL/HIL verification, flight testing, and collaboration with program leadership to advance radar technology. A Secret clearance and DoD experience are required.