Principal Engineer​/Sr. Principal Engineer Digital-RF Subsystems I&T Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Digital receiver/exciter and related digital-RF subsystem integration, subsystem control design, and architecture. Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments. Candidates would have the ability to develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

The qualified candidates will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers developing innovative and cost-effective systems that support a broad range of products and business areas across the lifecycle of a program. Applicants should possess the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.

• Integration of digital receiver/exciter hardware and representative lab test environments
• Integration of new equipment and programs in a state-of-the-art facility
• Software development for automating test processes and data analysis
• Troubleshooting digital and RF issues during test of advanced antenna systems and system-on-chip designs
• Analyzing test data and identifying early trends
• Supporting program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions
• Collaborating with design engineering for hardware, controls, and test improvements
• Subsystem analysis including digital architecture, signal paths, and hardware interfaces from RF front end through digital processing
• Support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more.

In addition, this candidate should have demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Digital-RF subsystem integration, test, and system integration
• System-on-chip FPGA and/or front-end software design
• Highly integrated digital-RF subsystems, antenna hardware, and receiver/exciter hardware for active electronically scanned array (AESA) systems
• Development and verification of complex front-end and subsystem controls across systems
• Electronic warfare, radar, or related mission-system principles and their system applications
• Subsystem requirements (hardware and digital) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
• Comfort creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB or similar technical computing tools
• Conducting Test Readiness Reviews and/or Design Readiness Reviews
• Concept of operations development for integration and test activities
• Executing subsystem and system level testing - both in engineering development and manufacturing environments

This role is contingent upon candidates having a current, active government Secret…