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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.Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Engineer or Principal Engineer level RF Electronics Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our organization. This position will be located inMelbourne, FL.\nIn this role, you will contribute to the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.\nResponsibilities include:\nSupport development and integration of communications and other RF subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives\nRequirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into derived specifications\nPerform Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis\nConducting detailed trade studies\nPerforming risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure\nCollaborate with engineers and program stakeholders\nDeveloping and maintaining supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work\nTechnical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support\nReview documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews\nIdentifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab\nPerforming aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off\nSupport technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams\nExpected Skills:\nKnowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)\nAbility to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives\nProblem-solving ability and data analysis experience\nKnowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation\nAbility to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review\nStrong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment\nThis role can be filled at either the Engineer or Principal Engineer level, based on the qualifications below. \n Basic Qualifications:\nAt an Engineer Level:\nMust have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience\nAt a Principal Engineer Level:\nMust have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience\nAnd at Both Levels:\nMust have an active US Government Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).\nMust have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.\nMust have experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis\nMust have experience in one or more of the following:Designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications\nExperience with voice, military and network waveforms\nExperience with cryptographic implementations\nExperience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis\n\nMust have experience in supplier/subcontract management\nMust have experience with developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work\n Preferred Qualifications:\nExperience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives\nDemonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills\nDemonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self-directed manner\nExperience in model based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools\nExperience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools\nFamiliarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)\nExperience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection\nActive US Government Top Secret Clearance\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $152,100.00 - $228,100.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. 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