Systems Engineer​/Principal Systems Engineer Signals Processing

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives today and for generations to come. We seek people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future while enjoying their work. Join Northrop Grumman Mission Systems as a Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer with a signal‑processing background and work in Sacramento, California to develop transformative signal‑processing solutions for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT).

Your work will support real‑world national security initiatives using Ultra‑Wideband (UWB) Software‑Defined Radios (SDRs) and GPUs.

• Perform architecture trades, design analysis, and performance modeling.
• Provide engineering support for hardware development efforts.
• Design detection and characterization algorithms for RF communication signals.
• Implement detection and characterization algorithms.
• Test signal‑processing algorithms and receivers in a lab environment.
• Design, test, and produce detection, characterization, and geolocation algorithms.
• Support the deployment of core products on new platforms (e.g., manned aircraft, drones, ships, etc.).

• Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI clearance.
• Command of core communications systems engineering concepts to perform analysis, devise requirements for and implement signal‑processing algorithms.
• Domain expertise in tactical SIGINT operations, military capabilities, and geolocation concepts.
• Ability to convert complex operational needs into technical system requirements.
• DSP fundamentals: modulation/demodulation, FFT/spectral analysis, FIR/IIR filtering, resampling, channelization, and detection/estimation theory.
• Signal‑processing skills with Software‑Defined Radios (SDR), RF front‑ends, IQ data, and geolocation techniques such as DF/beamforming.

Systems Engineer – Level 2: BS in STEM with 2years relevant experience; or MS in STEM with related experience.

Principal Systems Engineer – Level 3: BS in STEM with 5years relevant experience; or MS in STEM with 3years experience; or PhD in STEM with 1year experience.

• Active Top Secret with SCI clearance.
• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Programming skills in C++, Rust, or Python.
• Experience simulating and processing RF communications in GNU Radio.
• Agile/Dev Ops experience and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• CUDA experience for GPU‑accelerated algorithm optimization.

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 – $

Secondary Level Salary Range: $ – $

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance.