CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescription

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

AMS E&S is seeking engineers with experience and interest in antenna electronic assembly and packaging design and test including:

• Designing, modeling, and verifying RF, microwave, and mixed signal RF 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, transmit receive modules and like front-end functions.

This role is contingent upon candidate’s holding a current active DoD Secret Clearance.

This role is a full-time onsite role at the NG Baltimore BWI campus.

T05 Staff Engineer Basic Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering or related STEM field degree: Bachelor of Science with 12 years of RF/microwave experience; Master’s degree with 10 years of RF/microwave experience; or PhD degree with 7 years of RF/Microwave experience.
• Ability to provide highly innovated solutions to a broad variety of antenna hardware, including TR Module and manifold design and test related problems of high complexity.  Solutions are highly imaginative and ingenious while also practical. 
• Ability to work under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. 
• Ability to serve as organizational spokesperson on antenna hardware design and test related problems.  Acts as advisor to other engineers, management, and customers.
• US Citizenship is required
• Has current DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Proven knowledge of electrical engineering design software and equipment

T05 Staff Engineer Preferred Qualifications:

• Secret or Top Secret / SCI security clearance
• Basic Requirements delineated above specific to Antenna hardware design
• 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 Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM experience
• Technical team leadership
• Experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry

Primary Level Salary Range: $169,000.00 - $253,600.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.