Sr. Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required)

The Payload and Ground Systems Division within Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking experienced engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design and Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer will join a team working toward advanced optimization algorithms that leverage high-fidelity Computational Electromagnetic (CEM)-based simulations. These positions will support our Remote Sensing Program (RSP) Business Unit, located in Baltimore, MD.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Designs, develops, tests radio frequency (RF) and/or microwave systems architecture, Sub-systems, circuits, or products. Includes antenna design, both reflector and array systems, frequency synthesizers, transmitters, and receivers. General frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques. Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform moderately complex professional tasks. Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned.

 In addition, this candidate should demonstrate familiarity/technical ability in one or more of the following areas:

• Active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs)

• Conducting Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)

• Documentation experience, generating test procedures, test reports, RF requirements, data analysis, data presentations

• Data Processing

• Highly integrated subsystems including antenna hardware

• Reflectors, Reflect Arrays, Digital Beam Forming

• Antenna/RF Performance Analysis

• Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics

• Antenna or Subsystem Control Design

• Antenna Measurements and Data Reduction

• Systems Architecture

• Antenna range integration, test, and system integration

• Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration

Basic Qualification for Senior Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer: 

• Must have a bachelor’s degree STEM degree or related discipline with 9 years of experience in the areas described in the job description. 7 years of experience with a master’s degree and/or 4 years of experience with a Ph.D.

• Experience with AESA’s

• Experience using RF test equipment (Signal Generators, Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, O-scopes)

• Knowledge of Multipaction Analysis and Theory

• Must be able collaborate in a team environment

• Must be able to lead and develop teams

• Experience presenting complex technical programs and concepts to non-technical personnel and customers

• Able to develop technical solutions to complex problems

• Experience using MATLAB, Python, C#

• Experience in HFSS, CST, and Spark 3D

• Must have current and active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance

• Experience using modeling tools such as STK

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