
Space RADAR Tasking Model - Staff Engineer Systems
Job Description
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.Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD is seeking a MATLAB software developer to support the RADAR Tasking Model (RTM) for our development, production, and operational Space RADAR Payload programs.
RTM is a suite of software designed to identify opportunities for requested on-orbit payload tasking and to generate the required commanding inputs to command the Space Radar Payload.
As a member of the RTM team, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of RTM software in Object Oriented MATLAB.
This position is on-site in a classified program area in Linthicum, Maryland.
Basic Qualifications:
BS in STEM with 12 years relevant experience or 10 years with MS or 7 years with PhD
Operational Radar knowledge and experience is required
Proficient in MATLAB programming for modeling
Object Oriented programming experience, ideally with MATLAB, but C++ and/or Java is acceptable
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
Experience with operational Space Sensor Payloads
Experience with RADAR modeling in MATLAB
BS and/or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Math
Active Tope Secret and SCI access/approval
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Job Details
- Category
- Aerospace Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Linthicum, MD
- Posted
- Feb 2, 2026, 07:00 PM
- Listed
- Feb 3, 2026, 06:36 PM
- Compensation
- $163,200 - $244,800 per year
About Northrop Grumman
Part of the growing space industry ecosystem pushing humanity toward interplanetary exploration.
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