Principal / Senior Principal EW/ RF Systems Engineer

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. 

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for Principal/Senior Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Engineers to join our Airborne Multifunction Systems (AMS) Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (SEIT) team at our Linthicum, MD campus to fill roles on multiple major development programs. These include sensors for current and next generation air and sea platforms: including EA-18 Growler, SEWIP, unmanned programs, and other restricted programs and missions. 

We offer the opportunity to join a team to solve problems in the field and drive new solutions into next generation Electronic Warfare and Multi-Function systems across a wide variety of platforms and environments.   

Qualified candidates will apply strong systems engineering knowledge and will have the opportunity to work on multiple tasks including but not limited to: System Architecture/Concept Development, Candidate Technology Trade Studies, Requirements Development and Derivation, Algorithm Development, Performance Analysis, Data Analysis, and work with cross-disciplinary hardware, software, and firmware teams. We encourage our engineers to be innovative with solving problems and identifying improvements. 

*This position requires up to 100% on-site work due to security constraints and an ability to pass an enhanced security review.  

Roles & Responsibilities: This position is primarily engaged in the development and fielding of Electronic Surveillance and/or Electronic Attack systems for advanced dedicated and multi-function RF subsystems.  

Early in the system lifecycle, systems engineers develop parametric representations, visualizations and data driven analysis to support sensor requirements definition and use case validation. Progressing past analysis and design, Northrop Grumman Systems Engineers also support the integration of sensor modes and trackers from digital simulation environments to sensor labs to our on-site fleet of specially modified test aircraft. Throughout this process, our AMS Systems Engineers engage with our customers to balance their functional and performance requirements with other sensor functionality to enable true multi-function operation. 

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer 

• Active or ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance prior to starting 

• Ability to obtain SAP prior to starting 

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or other Engineering with 5 years of related experience, 3 years related experience with a Master’s Degree; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. 

• Experience with MATLAB or equivalent software tools 

• Previous experience with radar waveforms, Electronic Support (ES), and/or Electronic Attack (EA) 

• US Citizenship Required 

Basic Qualifications for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer 

• Active or ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance prior to starting 

• Ability to obtain SAP prior to starting 

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or other Engineering with 9 years of related experience, 7 years related experience with a Master’s Degree, 5 years with a PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. 

• Experience with MATLAB or equivalent software tools 

• Previous experience with radar waveforms, Electronic Support (ES), and/or Electronic Attack (EA) 

• US Citizenship required 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• DoD Top Secret Clearance 

• Experience with digital signal processing 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 

• 401k 

• Educational Assistance 

• Life Insurance 

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions 

• Paid Time Off 

• Health & Wellness Resources 

• Employee Discounts  

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This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

*This position is contingent upon the ability to obtain/maintain DoD Secret Clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) prior to starting.