MMIC RFIC Design 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.

The MMIC RFIC Design Engineer position serves as an expert for Northrop Grumman’s MMIC and RFIC product development. You will be joining an industry leading, technically broad, foundry independent design team generating products for cutting edge systems and applications.

Position Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will support design engineering on RF/microwave highly integrated circuit design and architecture including requirements derivation, schematic capture, schematic simulation, circuit layout, electro-magnetic simulation, verification (DRC and LVS), and device test and characterization.

Typical designs include:

- Low noise amplifiers (LNA)

- Power amplifiers (PA)

- Mixers

- Switches

- Phase shifters

- Attenuators

- Filters

Qualifications:

This position may be filled at the T03 Principal Engineer, or T04 Sr. Principal Engineer level.

T03 Level requires 5 Years with Bachelor's in science; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.

T04 Level requires 9 Years with Bachelor's in science; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD.

• Proficient with microwave design tools (ADS/Momentum, AWR Microwave Office, Cadence Virtuoso)

• Knowledge and experience with design, packaging, test, and troubleshooting of RF/microwave circuits

• Experience working in a team environment and have the ability to lead a diverse and talented team of engineers

• Experience with technologies will include GaAs, GaN, InP, and SiGe.

  Ability to perform RF front-end architecture development, system requirement derivation and decomposition to IC level is a plus

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance per business requirements. U.S. Citizenship is a prerequisite

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise including multiple patents/disclosures/relevant technical awards or external publications/presentations in the field of RF/microwave circuit design
• Proficiency with design CAD Tools such as Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre RF, ADS Suite, Mentor Calibre, and Verification Tools
• Experience designing in SiGe technologies is a plus.
• Active Secret Clearance

This position reports to Baltimore, MD, USA, however, you are able to work from any of the additional 8 locations listed above.

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.