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System Engineer – Air to Ground

Insight Global, Inc.

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Baltimore, MD
Secret Polygraph not specified
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
$124,000 - $200,000

Job Description

System Engineer – Air to Ground
Openings – 7
Secret
Location - T341 Baltimore-7323 Aviatn-Cent
Duration – 12 month, potential extensions

Description
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for a Systems Engineer (Air-to-Ground) to join our organization. Our organization within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems offers the opportunity to join a team to solve problems in the field and drive new solutions into next generation systems across a wide variety of platforms and environments. You will support the Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) team on multiple major development programs.

This position is based out of Linthicum, MD and will be 100% on-site.

What You'll get to Do:
Lead development of radar system architectures for air to ground missions, ensuring alignment with platform and mission needs (e.g., SAR, ISAR, GMTI/T, Targeting, Weather, Surface Return, Sea Surface Search, Ship Track, etc.).
Define and partition system level requirements, performance budgets, and interfaces across RF, processing, software, and platform teams.
Direct and review trade studies on waveforms, antenna design, processing architectures, and CONOPS/mission scenarios.
Lead radar performance modeling and simulation (end to end link budgets, coverage, detection/tracking performance, clutter and interference analysis).
Guide development and evaluation of Air-to-Ground concepts and algorithms from a systems perspective.
Make data driven recommendations and decisions to optimize performance, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
Define verification strategies and test architectures from lab through flight test for new and evolved radar capabilities.
Oversee integration and test campaigns, including test planning, execution oversight, data analysis, and discrepancy resolution.
Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for complex system level issues.
Represent the radar system engineering team in technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and risk/issue boards.
Interface directly with customers to present technical approaches, performance results, and roadmaps.
Support business development, including capture strategy, concept development, and proposal technical volumes/BOEs.
Mentor early and mid career engineers in radar systems engineering best practices.
Promote rigorous engineering discipline, configuration control, and requirements traceability.

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree with 12 years of experience, Master's degree with 10 years of experience or Ph.D. with 8 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• U.S Citizenship is required
• A current/active U.S. Government Secret Clearance
• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Experience of Radar Air-to-Ground applications, including developing and applying models in MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++
• Experience leading systems engineering for radar or advanced RF sensor systems, including requirements, architecture, modeling, and integration/test.
• Understanding of air to ground radar modes and performance.
• Experience leading complex technical efforts and resolving system level issues across hardware and software boundaries.
• Experience with radar modeling/analysis tools (MATLAB, Python, or equivalent), including end to end performance assessments.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and customers.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a relevant STEM field with emphasis in radar, RF systems, or signal processing
• Experience as a lead systems engineer or IPT lead on an airborne radar development or major upgrade program.
• Familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools to manage complex architectures and requirements.
• Experience shaping technology roadmaps and IRAD/CRAD efforts in radar or advanced sensors.

Compensation for this role ranges from $60/hr to $95/hr. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access.
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