Cnsltng Engr Research Devlpmnt
Northrop Grumman
This is a Contract position in Northridge, CA posted October 14, 2021.
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Northridge, CA is currently seeking a Consulting Engineer – Research and Development and Technical Lead for Anti-Radiation Homing (ARH) and other passive radar systems.
In this role, the selected candidate will be responsible for initiating, designing, developing, executing and implementing scientific research for and technical lead for Anti-Radiation Homing (ARH) and other passive radar systems. Critically develop, review, implement and test new signal processing and image processing techniques and algorithms. Develops theories for ARH signal processing algorithms and hardware into potential new products or inventions. May participate in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications. May coordinate interdepartmental activities and research efforts.
Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement technical solutions to ARH system problems
- Grow into position as ARH technical lead / representative
- Interact with other ARH experts and senior engineers
- Help coordinate issue resolution between various engineering disciplines
- Analyze ARH data, evaluate ARH performance and support ARH flight data analysis
- Identify ARH signal processing algorithm and hardware issues as they arise
- Help troubleshoot and diagnose ARH production issues at subsystem and RF processor levels
- Improve production ARH subsystem tests and procedures
- Grow into signal and image processing algorithm design subject matter expert (SME)
- Grow into advanced direction-finding techniques subject matter expert (SME)
- Ability to determine causes of ARH system issues, both software and hardware, as well as provide solutions
- Independently determines and develops technical objectives of assignments
- Innovative problem solving
- Works with minimal direction
Basic Qualifications:
- BS Engineering or Physics degree and at least 20 years’ experience; or an MS Engineering or Physics degree and at least 18 years’ experience; or PhD in Engineering or Physics and at least 15 years’ experience
- Excellent understanding of radar or RF systems and their algorithms
- In-depth understanding and application of radar technical expertise
- Good understanding of detector theory and detection algorithms
- Skills in programming: Matlab/Python required
- Ability to obtain DoD Secret level security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Radar-related industry experience preferred
- DoD contractor experience preferred
- Knowledge of Software-Defined Radio (SDR) and Electronic Protection(EP)/Electronic Warfare(EW) preferred
- Good understanding of advanced direction-finding techniques preferred
- Good understanding of Automatic Target Recognition techniques preferred
- Active secret security clearance preferred
Salary Range: $188,300.00 – $282,500.00
Employees may be eligible for 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.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
