Space Radar Staff Systems Engineer (up to $25K Sign-On Bonus)

Senior Radar Systems Engineer

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems Payload and Ground Systems Division in Linthicum, MD is seeking a senior Radar Systems Engineer to develop radar modes for space radar payloads, including SAR (Synthetic Aperture) and MTI (Moving Target Indicator) modes among other classified modes.

Early in the system lifecycle, systems engineers develop models and conduct analysis to support sensor requirements definition and use case validation. Progressing past analysis and design, Northrop Grumman Radar Systems Engineers also support the development of radar modes in digital simulation environments (in MATLAB models of the radar system) through I&T (integration and test), initially on a "mini-Payload" or EDU (engineering development unit), and then onto I&T on the flight hardware, and later for new modes, refinements, performance improvements on operational on-orbit systems.

This position involves Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) of advanced radar systems using MATLAB. The position also includes analyzing data from the integration, test, and calibration of the payload flight hardware and the verification and validation (V&V) of simulation performance against test data. Candidates should be highly motivated algorithm developers who can work independently to develop tasking and / or processing algorithms, generate design documentation (algorithm description documents), and support the implementation of the algorithms in flight software and / or processing software by software engineers.

Basic Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics with 14 years of related experience, 12 years with a Master's Degree, or 9 Years with PhD
• Experience with modeling RF sensor systems in MATLAB
• Active Top Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications :

Salary Range : $149,000.00 - $223,400.00

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.

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