RF Microwave Design Engineer Level 4 (Antenna Modeling)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

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, but they’re also making history.

The Electronics and Payloads organization within the 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 engineers experienced in design and analysis of Electronically Scanned Arrays (ESAs) and other Antennas, Computational Electromagnetics (CEM), and RF/Microwave design to lead the development of next generation antenna products. This position will be based in Baltimore, MD.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Leading a team of antenna design engineers and RF analysts through the design, modeling and simulation of complex and highly integrated antenna systems.

• Overseeing various RF analysis including antenna patterns, RF chain, link budgets, and installed performance.

• Providing RF performance characterization to drive antenna architecture and design decisions.

• Leading development of RF antenna modeling software tools in support of an enterprise tool suite.

• Integrating multiple data sets / components to characterize antenna sub-system performance.

• Presenting to internal and external customers.

• Mentoring junior engineers on antenna design and analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline (STEM) with a minimum of 8 years of design experience or 6 years of experience with a master’s degree or 3 years with a Ph.D.

• Extensive antenna design and analysis experience for architectures including phased arrays, reflector antennas, phased array fed reflectors, and reflectarrays.

• Extensive experience with scientific programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, C#, C++, and Julia.

• Experience developing Python packages for internal deployment.

• Experience with GUI development to create user-friendly interfaces for internal scientific applications.

• Experience with CEM modeling tools such as TICRA, HFSS, and CST.

• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications

• Experience leading teams, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems

• No clearance required to start but must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access

• US Citizenship Required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in ESA antenna design and analysis experience from concept design through AI&T

• Experience developing complex antenna architectures

• Ability to derive antenna performance requirements and flow to subassemblies and components

• Previous experience leading antenna design teams

• Have completed phased array, reflector, and PAFR design and analysis

• Have completed radiator, manifold or tile designs

• Active TS/SCI

Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.