Principal / Senior Principal EW/ RF Systems Engineer

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 Mission Systems is seeking Principal / Senior. Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Engineers to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals at our Linthicum/Baltimore, MD campus. 

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal / Senior. Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals at our Linthicum/Baltimore, MD campus. 

As part of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering organization, the qualified candidate will have the opportunity to develop solutions for our customer’s most difficult technical challenges. This team is responsible for supporting the development of highly adaptive, software defined, hardware enabled systems across a variety of domains. Candidates must be self-motivated systems thinkers that can work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team. 

This position will allow for participation throughout the systems engineering process.  Typical Electronic Warfare Systems Engineers work on multiple tasks including, but not limited to:

• System concept development

• Candidate technology trade studies

• Requirements development and derivation

• Algorithm development

• Performance analysis

• Data Analysis

• Support of firmware, software and hardware integration and test

Continue to develop your technical career with a leader in next generation sensor technology. Northrop Grumman provides the opportunity to continue your education, work side-by-side with experts in the industry, and change the future of protecting warfighters across the globe.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer

• Active or ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance prior to starting

• Ability to obtain SAP prior to starting

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or other Engineering with 5 years of related experience, 3 years related experience with a Master’s Degree,

• Experience with MATLAB or equivalent software tools

• Previous experience with radar waveforms, Electronic Support (ES), and/or Electronic Attack (EA)

Basic Qualifications for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Active or ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance prior to starting

• Ability to obtain SAP prior to starting

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or other Engineering with 9 years of related experience, 7 years related experience with a Master’s Degree, 5 years with a PhD

• Experience with MATLAB or equivalent software tools

• Previous experience with radar waveforms, Electronic Support (ES), and/or Electronic Attack (EA)

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD Top Secret Clearance

• Experience with digital signal processing

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts 

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This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. 

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Salary Range: $99,800 USD - $149,800 USD

Salary Range 2: $123,800 USD - $185,800 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.