2025 Associate Engineer RF-Analog Design/Engineer RF-Analog Design - Linthicum MD

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Are you interested in exploring a career on the cutting edge of next generation circuit design? You'll leverage your current experience and join our team of scientists and engineers in design of integrated circuits for emerging applications in low temperature environments. You’ll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside a broad array of scientists and engineers to make these design solutions a reality.

Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) is a leader in advanced development of semiconductor system solutions for the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 50 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities includes research in advanced computing solutions to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions. Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman

The Microelectronics Designs and Applications (MDA) Business Area (BA) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking motivated early career engineers and physicists to join our research and development design team focused on custom, low-power, low-temperature, RF, quantum, analog and mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits). Selected candidates will work in Northrop Grumman’s Superconducting ASIC design team supported by our local semiconductor foundry. Candidates will work closely with design leads as they develop into strong independent circuit design engineers. All work is performed in a Linux environment using state of the art computer aided design tools. Candidates will be exposed to many different disciplines and will have the opportunity to grow skills in these multitude of directions of the candidate’s choosing.

What You’ll Get to Do

Learn superconducting, quantum, design, and RF EM simulation techniques. Work closely with chip leads to understand and complete ASIC design tasks. Document and present weekly reports on design task status. You will use your skills as an Integrated Circuit (IC) designer while learning about superconducting circuit design in support of Northrop Grumman's advanced microelectronics applications business.

The right candidate will be comfortable in a dynamic environment with rapidly developing technologies and tools.  Successful candidates will be required to maintain an aggressive design schedule and contribute to work as a part of a team. This position will require candidates to work with product owners, design, fabrication, and test teams to assist in bringing impressive experiment ideas to reality. The most desirable candidates will be invested in continual learning and development of superconducting and quantum technologies and capabilities.

This position requires work on site in Northrop Grumman Baltimore, MD area facilities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) degree.
• Coursework in electrical circuit network theory; basic understanding of passive and active circuit elements.
• Very strong attention to detail and organization.
• Strong problem solving, analytical, written, and oral communication skills.
• Able to collaborate with multiple team mem