Sr. Staff Systems Engineer (RF Communications)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 175,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a cleared Senior Staff Systems Engineer at the Cincinnati (Xetron) site to lead RF hardware design efforts for national defense projects. The role involves directing cross-functional teams, coordinating with customers, and ensuring technical, schedule, and cost performance in a high-security environment.

Requirements include a STEM degree with extensive progressive experience, recent RF design success, and US citizenship with active Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or STEM plus 14 years progressive experience
• Master of Science plus 12 years progressive experience
• PhD plus 9 years progressive experience
• Recent design experience in RF product designs
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Lead design efforts for RF hardware products at Xetron facility
• Serve as primary contact for external customer and internal team
• Assess project status: technical, cost, and schedule execution
• Collaborate across engineering teams to integrate requirements into the product
• Provide leadership in a critical development project to meet customer needs

Skills

RF design

Engineering leadership

Top Secret clearance

Project status assessment

Customer liaison

Education

B.S. in Engineering or STEM

M.S. in Engineering or STEM

PhD

Tools

Cameo

Model-based systems engineering

ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288

MIL-STD-499

MATLAB

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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. Join Northrop Grumman – Cincinnati (aka Xetron), part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. Our Northrop Grumman Cincinnati, Ohio small business culture operates collaboratively within a larger corporation providing the benefits of both. This unique relationship offers employees the ability to know everyone at the site while working on technologies and products that are beyond state-of-the-art. You and your team will wrestle with the next big problems in an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation, sharing your expertise while learning from the expert next to you. Remember when you were excited about getting to work because of the challenge of the problem, the importance of the solution and the fun you had with your team? It's that kind of place! But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself! See why we receive comments on our YouTube Videos like “This company is insanely advanced” and “Wow. This is mind blowing.” See some of our recent Awards and Recognition and read about some of the reasons to live in Cincinnati. We are seeking a cleared Sr. Staff Systems Engineer for a critical leadership role in our Systems Engineering Group as a key contributor to the successful completion of RF Communications projects. Professionals who want to solve the challenges that make a difference to our nation’s security. Please be aware that this position will be contingent upon obtaining funding, customer approval and holding final clearances prior to start date.

* This position is perfect for a candidate who can lead design efforts to produce new hardware products at the Xetron facility that support National Defense partners. The products produced at this facility support all domains of intelligence and defense battlespaces including land, sea, air and space. Many of the problem-sets our customers expect us to solve do not have known solutions, so ingenuity is essential. The senior principal systems engineer has overall technical responsibility for the electrical design, development, integration, and test for the development project and serves as the primary point of contact for the external customer and internal development engineering team.

Examples of programs and products executed at Xetron include:

• RF communication and collection systems
• RF electronic warfare (EW) systems
• Unique waveform communication products
• Innovative Digital Signal Processing (DSP) solutions
• Basic

Preferred technical background includes experience with collaborating across engineering teams to resolve and integrate technical/engineering requirements and verify their incorporation into the resulting product.

Basic Qualifications:

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, or other STEM degree, plus 14 years of progressive experience OR Master of Science degree plus 12 years of progressive experience, OR PhD plus 9 years of progressive experience
• Recent design experience and a track record of successful RF product designs.
• Experience leading engineering teams from various disciplines in a recent technical development project
• Experience in assessing project status in terms of technical, cost, and schedule execution
• US Citizenship is required
• Active Top-Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as an IPT lead, functional lead, or leadership in the military
• Experience with model-based system engineering concepts and platforms, such as Cameo
• Experience with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, MIL-STD-499, and/or INCOSE system engineering life‑cycle processes
• Experience integrating antenna, RF subsystems, and processing hardware/software into a complete system
• RF modeling, simulation, and analysis including link budgets
• MATLAB knowledge and/or experience
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply varied technologies
• Ability to perform as liaison to the customer for all engineering efforts
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment

Salary and Benefits:

Primary Level Salary Range: $175,300.00 - $262,900.00 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 and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• 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.

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.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.