Staff Radar Systems Engineer - Air-to-Ground (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 169,000 - 253,600; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for a Staff Systems Engineer (Air-to-Ground) to join our team in Linthicum, MD. The role focuses on leading radar system architectures, requirements, trade studies, and verification across RF, software, and platform domains.

You will model radar performance, drive system-level decisions, and interface with customers and partners. This on-site position requires US citizenship, a Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain SAP, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance required or ability to obtain SAP.
• Experience leading systems engineering for radar or RF sensor systems.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with experience presenting to senior leadership and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of radar system architectures for air‑to‑ground missions and define system-level requirements.
• Partition performance budgets and interfaces across RF, processing, software, and platform teams.
• Direct trade studies on waveforms, antenna design, and CONOPS/mission scenarios.
• Lead radar performance modeling and end‑to‑end link budgets.
• Guide development of Air‑to‑Ground concepts and algorithms from a systems perspective.
• Make data‑driven recommendations to optimize performance, cost, and schedule.
• Define verification strategies and test architectures from lab to flight test.
• Oversee integration and test campaigns, including planning and discrepancy resolution.
• Mentor engineers in radar systems engineering best practices.

Skills

Radar systems

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12 years experience / Master’s 10 / PhD 8

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for a Staff Systems Engineer (Air-to-Ground) to join our team in Linthicum, MD. The role focuses on leading radar system architectures, requirements, trade studies, and verification across RF, software, and platform domains.

You will model radar performance, drive system-level decisions, and interface with customers and partners. This on-site position requires US citizenship, a Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain SAP, with travel as needed.