Staff Engineer Electronics - RF Antenna Cosite (Melbourne FL)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 153,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret Clearance

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Staff Engineer Electronics - RF Antenna Cosite in Melbourne, FL to advance RF subsystem development and integration. You will analyze performance, develop requirements, and verify allocated specs, onsite at corporate facilities.

The role requires a STEM PhD/masters with extensive engineering experience, active clearance or ability to obtain, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a high-stakes defense environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in STEM with extensive engineering experience.
• Experience in RF, EM and antenna design and analysis.
• Requires active US Government clearance (Interim Top Secret) or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of RF subsystems and components for mission objectives.
• Perform CEM antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis.
• Manage requirements, interfaces, and test plans across suppliers and programs.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders; review supplier documentation.

Skills

RF engineering

EM theory

CEM analysis

System integration

Problem solving

Data analysis

Clearance knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Cameo/SysML

MATLAB

Excel

Jira

Confluence

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Interim 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Engineer Electronics - RF Antenna Cosite to join the team of qualified individuals in our Avionics and Subsystems Organization. This role is located onsite in Melbourne, FL. In this role you will be supporting the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of communications and other RF subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into derived specifications
• Perform Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis
• Conducting detailed trade studies
• Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
• Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
• Performing aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off
• Support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams

Basic Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a (STEM) discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. (STEM) discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Must have knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
• Must have the ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives
• Must have experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis
• Must have designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications
• Must have experience with voice, military and network waveforms
• Must have experience with cryptographic implementations
• Must have experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis
• Must have demonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experience
• Must have knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• Must have an active US Government Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have an Interim US Government Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance
• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
• Ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self‑directed manner
• Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
• Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
• Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
• Experience with supplier/subcontract management
• Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
• Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00 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.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and 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.

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.