Principal Engineer/Sr. Principal Engineer RF Microwave Design
Company: Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU)
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: November 13, 2024
Job Description:
Requisition ID: R10162336
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of
America
- Clearance Type: Interim Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this
position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be
available
- Positions Available: 2
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.
NGMS engineers share a great sense of pride knowing their
contributions have a direct effect on the safety and security of
the country and its allies. Our culture thrives on intellectual
curiosity, cognitive diversity, teamwork, and bringing your whole
self to work to accomplish the mission while learning and having
fun along the way. The Airborne Multifunction Sensors Engineering
and Sciences (AMS E&S) organization is fertile ground for all
experience levels to become part of our growing team and contribute
to our goals. The department offers opportunities to grow on a
technical track both broad and deep as well as explore project
leadership or management positions.
AMS E&S is seeking engineers with experience and interest in
electronic assembly and packaging design.
Typical Roles and Responsibilities include:
- Designing, modeling, and verifying RF, microwave, and mixed
signal subsystem assemblies
- Utilize analysis, simulations and prototyping to develop
antenna designs including phased arrays
- Deriving and trading requirements with subsystem engineers and
component level designers
- Managing RF budgets, frequency planning, and common assembly
level interfaces
- Predicting assembly level performance through selecting
materials, components, and packaging approaches, RF chain analysis,
electromagnetic simulation, data collection and analysis, and other
modeling techniques
- Working directly with component level design peers developing
custom RF integrated circuit designs to meet assembly-level
requirements
- Collaborating with peer functions such as Mechanical,
Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Test
- Utilizing world class manufacturing capabilities both on-site
and within the broader company for prototyping through full rate
production from the foundry level to microelectronic packaging to
printed circuit board fabrication and assembly to subsystem level
integration and test
- Working directly with a wide variety of different external
supplier partners including leading domestic foundries, printed
circuit board fabricators and assemblers, component manufacturers,
material fabricators, and more
- Supporting products throughout the product life cycle
- RF and mixed signal product types include antenna radiators,
circulators, device interposers, filters, manifolds, receiver /
exciter assemblies, signal conditioning assemblies, signal
generators, and transmit / receive assemblies
Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:
- Electrical Engineering or related STEM field degree: Bachelor
of Science with 5 years of RF/microwave experience; Master's degree
with 3 years of RF/microwave experience; or PhD degree. an
additional 4 years of experience will be consider in lieu of a
degree ---
- US Citizenship is required
- Must obtain and maintain an interim secret clearance (minimum)
prior to starting.
- Ability to provide solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave
design and test related problems of complex difficulty. Solutions
are imaginative, thorough, and practical.
- Developing subject matter expertise in one or more areas of
RF/Microwave discipline including but not limited to: RF components
& assemblies, requirements development, EM and related modeling &
simulation, RF test verification, production test support, and
design for producibility
- Exhibit intermediate to expert proficiency with industry
standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit
board design tools (i.e. ANSYS HFSS/Maxwell, CST Microwave,
Eagleware/Genesys, Keysight ADS, Xpedition, Altium, FEKO,
TICRA)
- Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and
equipment
Senior Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:
- Electrical Engineering or related STEM field degree: Bachelor
of Science with 9 years of RF/microwave experience; Masters degree
with 7 years of RF/microwave experience; PhD degree with 4 years of
experience. An additional 4 years of experience will be consider in
lieu of a degree.
- US Citizenship is required.
- Must obtain and maintain an interim secret clearance (minimum)
prior to starting.
- Ability to provide solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave
design and test related problems of complex difficulty. Solutions
are imaginative, thorough, and practical.
- Developing subject matter expertise in one or more areas of
RF/Microwave discipline including but not limited to: RF components
& assemblies, requirements development, EM and related modeling &
simulation, RF test verification, production test support, and
design for producibility
- Exhibit intermediate to expert proficiency with industry
standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit
board design tools (i.e. ANSYS HFSS/Maxwell, CST Microwave,
Eagleware/Genesys, Keysight ADS, Xpedition, Altium, FEKO,
TICRA)
- Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and
equipment.
Preferred Qualifications for both Principal and Senior Principal
roles:
- Secret or Top Secret / SCI security clearance
- RF and mixed signal printed circuit board and circuit card
assembly level design
- RF budgeting, frequency planning, RF chain analysis and
modeling, schematic capture, electromagnetic simulation, signal
integrity analysis
- Component selection and/or custom component requirements flow
down and trades
- Ceramic and organic printed circuit board materials, design,
fabrication, and assembly processes
- Integrated Circuit packaging techniques including
chip-and-wire, QFN, flip-chip
- RF lab equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers,
signal generators, power meters, etc.
- Electronic troubleshooting from component to assembly
levels
- Complex data reduction and analysis
- Product life cycle support from concept through production
support
- Designing for high reliability, mil/aero requirements and
environments
- AESA / phased array, Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM
experience
- Technical team leadership
- Experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry
- Software tools: Mentor Xpedition DX Designer, ANSYS HFSS,
Keysight ADS, Keysight Genesys, MathWorks MATLAB, Autodesk AutoCAD,
and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word)
Role is contingent on candidate's ability to obtain and maintain an
Interim Secret Clearance and Program Award.
Salary Range: $102,400 - $153,600
Salary Range 2: $127,000 - $190,600
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however,
Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining
base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the
position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and
current market conditions.
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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from
the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or
extended depending on business needs and the availability of
qualified candidates.
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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all
positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted
positions.
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