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The RF & Digital Category Technologist is a unique role which will support technical projects under the leadership of the Category Manager. Rather than a detail design role, this position would be good fit for an RF engineer looking to be in a higher-level advisory role. The selected candidate will have strong knowledge on emerging technology and technology road maps.

The candidate will apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. The candidate should have experience and understanding with RF design and components such as: up/down-converter, amplifier, power splitter/divider, couplers, mixers, filters and their applications. The selected candidate must have the ability to work with a make/buy source board and risk review board to ensure the category management organization considers capabilities and risk mitigation plans to help support our supply chain base and ensure suppliers are successful in program execution. The selected candidate will apply supply chain principles to the category management supply chain base and contributes to the development of new principles and concepts to support the supplier’s technical capabilities and offerings.

The candidate will ensure problem solving work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious to support excellent supplier performance. The selected candidate will support the Quarterly Business Reviews by ensuring the technical roadmaps and program needs are clearly summarized for their assigned suppliers. Additionally, the selected candidate will collaborate with the strategist to analyze suppliers’ competitive landscape, market trends to influence supplier competition and diverse supply chain base. The selected candidate will interface with design engineering on supplier capabilities, capacity, and design producibility analysis.

The RF & Digital Category Technologist will work under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. The selected candidate’s assignments are often self-initiated and should pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. The selected candidate will work through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of supervisor. This individual will serve as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs. Acts as advisor to management and internal customers on advanced technical studies and applications.

The selected candidate will understand program execution framework to enable advocacy. The selected candidate will have the ability to provide a technical evaluation of supplier’s capabilities during the business acquisition process (BAP). The selected candidate will be the technical point of contact when responding to NG requests (RFPs, RFI, RFQ.) Additionally, the selected candidate will have the ability to work on competitive captures, program execution, strategy development process, Strategic Gap Analysis, Internal Investment discussions, business growth discussions, strategic studies, cross division business insight and maintain a process on how to look for similar to parts, technology grouping.

The position can be filled out of Redondo Beach, Rolling Meadows, or Baltimore. Full-time remote will be considered.

Basic Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with 9+ years of experience. or 7+ years with Master's degree
• The ideal candidate would have experience in the following: RF design background, Digital design background, Design process or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Defense and Military electronics design experience
• Technical Project Management
• Supplier Interface/Management experience

Experience in the following is a plus: global supply chain, project management, contracts management, business management, supplier diversity, strategic sourcing, customer service, or operations.

This position reports to Linthicum, MD, USA, however, you are able to work from any of the additional 4 locations listed above.

Salary Range: $117,900 USD - $194,500 USD

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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.