Senior RF/Microwave Design Engineer

5 days ago

Baltimore, Maryland, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled RF/Microwave Design Engineer to join our team at Northrop Grumman. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, modeling, and verifying RF/microwave and mixed signal assemblies and subsystems.

Key Responsibilities
  • Designing and developing RF/microwave and mixed signal assemblies and subsystems
  • Utilizing analysis, simulations, and prototyping to develop antenna and signal conversion designs
  • Deriving and trading requirements with components, assembly, and subsystem engineers
  • Performing electromagnetic simulation of component, assembly, and subsystem level performance
  • 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
  • Developing custom RF integrated circuit designs to meet assembly and subsystem 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 (EMD, production, sustainment, DMS)
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field with 5 years of RF/microwave experience; Masters degree with 3 years of RF/microwave experience; or PhD degree with an additional 4 years of experience
  • US Citizenship is required
  • Must have Full Secret Clearance Minimum Prior to start
  • Ability to provide sound solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of complex difficulty
  • Exhibit intermediate to expert proficiency with industry-standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation, and printed circuit board design tools
Preferred Qualifications
  • Top Secret / SCI security clearance
  • RF and mixed signal printed circuit board and circuit card assembly and subsystem level designs
  • 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.
  • Antenna Range Testing
  • Electronic troubleshooting from component to assembly/subsystem 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, Receiver/Exciter, Digital Arrays, Radar, SIGINT, or SATCOM experience
  • Technical team leadership
  • Experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry
  • Software tools: Mentor Xpedition DX Designer, ANSYS HFSS, CST Microwave, FEKO, TICRA, Keysight ADS, Keysight Genesys, MathWorks MATLAB, Autodesk AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word)
What We Offer

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.

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.

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