This position is located in Rolling Meadows, IL. The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's Specialized Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (STEWS) team, where they will work on a variety of electronic equipment and systems that include airborne RF and IR systems, laboratory test stations, and transportable flight line electronic combat system test sets.

Roles and Responsibilities for Principal/Sr Principal Electronics Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Design, develop, perform hardware/system integration and test, and support deployment of systems and system modifications

• Troubleshoot hardware (systems and subassemblies) to determine root cause of failures and identify corrective actions

• Support transitions from design to production

• Maintain process and procedures in accordance with ISO standards

• Provide technical s upport to NG depot and USAF technicians and work with suppliers to resolve technical hardware issues

• Create engineering documentation (specifications, change notices, parts lists, bills of materials, test reports, test procedures)

• Interface with and present to internal and external customers
  

Opportunities exist in the following areas:

• RF/Microwave system design

• Research, design, development, and simulation of Electronic Warfare systems, and defining and developing processing algorithms for real-time implementation

• Design, prototype and test digital subsystems, including circuit cards using FPGAs, embedded processors, and high-speed interfaces.

**This position may be filled at Principal or Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer position.

Basic Qualifications Principal Electronics Engineer:
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline with 5+ years of related experience
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Proficient in MS office
US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer:
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline with 8+ years of related experience
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Proficient in MS office
US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with airborne RFEW systems

• Experience in programming in C++, National Instruments Labwindows/CVI and/or Labview

• Understanding of digital signal processing algorithms in FPGAs

• Hold an active DoD Secret or greater level of clearance