Senior Staff Systems Engineer, RF & Defense

Northrop Grumman; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 161,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Paid holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Cincinnati (Xetron) seeks a senior principal systems engineer to lead design efforts for deployable RF sensors and collection systems, supporting national defense programs and operating across land, sea, air, and space domains.

You will guide cross-disciplinary engineering teams, translate ConOps into traceable requirements, and act as the primary interface with external customers while collaborating with internal development engineers.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or STEM with progressive experience; Master’s with 10+ yrs; PhD with 7+ yrs.
• Recent design experience and track record of RF product designs.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams on technical developments.
• Experience assessing project status by technical, cost, and schedule metrics.
• US Citizenship is required and active Top-Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design efforts to produce deployable RF hardware at Xetron for national defense partners.
• Serve as primary customer liaison and interface with internal engineering teams.
• Lead 5–10 person teams across disciplines through the full lifecycle of a program.
• Translate mission concepts into traceable system requirements and architectures.

Skills

RF sensors

RF hardware

Team leadership

ConOps basics

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Masters in Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

Cameo

MATLAB

RF modeling tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Cincinnati (Xetron) seeks a senior principal systems engineer to lead design efforts for deployable RF sensors and collection systems, supporting national defense programs and operating across land, sea, air, and space domains.

You will guide cross-disciplinary engineering teams, translate ConOps into traceable requirements, and act as the primary interface with external customers while collaborating with internal development engineers.