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Principal / Sr. Principal RF Engineer

In Person (Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America)
Full Time
$105,400 – $158,000
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Location:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

The Payload and Ground Systems Division (PGSD) 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, PGSD is seeking an experienced engineer in the following areas: Receiver Exciter, RF/Microwave design and Digital Technology. The Principal / Sr. Principal RF Engineer role is focused on Digital Receiver Exciter skills and will work the development and design of the DREX (Digital Receiver Exciter) technology working toward advanced antenna backend solutions. This position will support our Remote Sensing Program (RSP) Business Unit, located in Baltimore, MD.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

The candidate should demonstrate familiarity/technical ability in one or more of the following areas:

  • Subsystem Control Design

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

  • Systems Architecture

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

  • Data Processing

  • Measurements and Data Reduction

  • Integrated subsystems including DREX and Antenna Hardware

  • Subsystem integration, test, and system integration

  • Conducting Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)

  • Perform in-depth analysis of hardware commanding down to the register level

Basic Qualifications:

  • Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer (Level 3): Must have a bachelor’s degree STEM degree or related discipline with 5 years of experience, 3 years of experience with a master’s degree

  • Sr. Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer (Level 4): Must have a bachelor’s degree STEM degree or related discipline with 8 years of experience, 6 years of experience with a master’s degree or 3 years with a Ph.D.

  • Expertise in working with receiver/exciters, conducting RF performance analysis, and implementing digital beamforming

  • Knowledge in VHDL or Verilog/System Verilog FPGA programming language

  • Knowledge of Digital signal processing algorithms

  • Familiarity with FPGA design development flow

  • Experience in integrating board designs and FPGA Digital controls within a lab environment

  • Capability to troubleshoot hardware/production issues on the bench as needed

  • Familiarity with RF and digital test equipment

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to present effectively to both internal and external customers

  • Proficiency in Mixed signal Board design (RF and Digital)

  • No clearance required to start, but must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Clearance Secret/Top Secret or an SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance

  • Experience using MATLAB

  • Experience using Python

  • Experience using TcL

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