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Northrop Grumman · 3 days ago

Staff Engineer RF Microwave Design - R10218562

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company known for its innovative systems that impact lives worldwide. They are seeking a Staff Engineer RF Microwave Design to lead the Hardware Design Team and oversee the design, modeling, and verification of RF, microwave, and mixed signal assemblies, supporting the full design lifecycle.

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Responsibilities

Oversee the design, modeling, and verification of the RF, microwave, and mixed signal assemblies
Lead verification efforts for RF, Analog, and Digital hardware designs, as well as troubleshooting efforts and failure investigations
Collaborating with peer functions such as Mechanical, Manufacturing, Test, and IC design Engineers
Deriving and trading requirements with subsystem engineers and component level designers
Mentor other engineers from a technical standpoint as well as perform senior peer review

Qualification

RF/Microwave designPCB designModelingSimulation toolsHardware design principlesTroubleshootingTeam leadership

Required

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or comparable STEM degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant engineering experience, 10 years of experience with Master's degree, or 8 years of experience with PhD. Additional 4 years experience is acceptable in lieu of degree
Active Secret Clearance and ability to obtain SAP
Familiar with RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit board design tools (e.g. Keysight ADS, Xpedition, HFSS)
Drafting and design experience in PCB design for fabrication and PWB layer stack up for digital, RF and mixed signal CCAs
Experience with test and troubleshoot from component to assembly levels
Ability to provide solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of complex difficulty

Preferred

Experience leading technical teams
Strong understanding of hardware design principles, and Hardware Design Process
Expert proficiency with industry standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and printed circuit board design tools (e.g. Keysight ADS, Xpedition, HFSS)

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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