Director At&T Rf Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL

This position will support product testing in a dynamic, fast-paced and technically challenging environment in support of Radio Frequency systems.

The Manufacturing Test Engineers are expected to be problem solvers with the ability to provide results that are innovative and often achieved through collaboration across functional groups.

We seek individuals with proven excellence in the following 6 core competencies:

• • Takes high levels of Self-accountability and Ownership
• • Acts with Speed
• • Responds to Challenges with Resilience
• • Leads with Courage
• • Sets vision for the assigned products
• • Builds a High Performing Team

As an electronics engineer, this individual will be responsible for deliverable hardware troubleshooting, test equipment troubleshooting, test fixtures and/or equipment design and review of test scripts. This position would include providing support for the acceptance testing of the Shop Replaceable Units, as well as supporting testing at the payload (Line Replaceable Unit) level. This position will support aerial, military-grade, or space-grade Electronic Warfare Systems and Subsystems.

• Equipment design : Investigate, design, and provide solutions to meet new or modified testing requirements.
• Support to Production : Coordinate with Electrical Design Engineering, Software & Firmware Engineering, Production technician, Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality organizations to meet contractual acceptance testing commitments.
• Test procedure development/Maintenance : Generate and maintain/revise Manufacturing Acceptance testing procedures, Environmental Screening procedures, hardware drawings of test equipment and fixtures.
• Continuous improvement : Review of quality metrics to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce cost, cycle time, defects.
• Testability reviews : Collaborate with design engineering to achieve testability in new and updated product design.
• Ability to interface/communicate with multiple levels of leadership, clients, and vendors.

Building a strong professional relationship with other Manufacturing disciplines (Process Engineering, Project Management, Shop Operations, Mission Assurance), strong decision-making skills and a high-level ethical standard is essential.

This position is contingent upon funding/contract award.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or a related STEM field with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience; OR a Master's degree in equivalent fields.
• Experience with the use of electrical and/or RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, power supplies, network analyzers, etc.
• Experience generating or reading/interpreting schematics, drawings, specifications.
• Active DoD Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

• Prior test equipment, fixture or prime hardware design experience.
• Software experience with C#, LabVIEW, CVI, Java, C, C++.
• Experience with Electronic Warfare system/hardware.
• Experience performing earned value/CAM efforts.
• Experience with project planning.

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off, and Additional Benefits, including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

$87,600.00 – $131,400.00

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering