Calling all Electro Optical Signal Image Processing Engineers (2-3-4-5)

Calling all Electro Optical Signal Image Processing Engineers (2-3-4-5)

Do you want to work at an international company with endless opportunities for growth and advancement?  Are you eager to join a trust-based, globally-connected team, where your contributions will define what’s possible?

We are looking for team members who want to solve interesting, complex problems, which protect our nation. Your talents and passion are most important to us. If you don’t know a language, program, or platform, we will teach you!  Become a part of our enthusiastic teams where we have fun working together and take pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety.

We are recruiting for junior, mid-level, and senior engineers with a background in Optical Signal Image Processing Engineering to support our team in Chandler, AZ. Due to the nature of this work, this position will be 100% on-site.

Key Skills and Responsibilities include: 

• Active U.S. Government Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance at time of application. 

• Demonstrated experience with optical systems used in imaging, sensing, or seeker applications; including system-level performance ownership. 

• Experience with optical performance analysis and an understanding of how structural and thermal environments affect imaging quality and line of sight (e.g., STOP/SILOS concepts). 

• Proficiency with optical modeling tools (e.g., ZEMAX, Code V, FRED, or equivalent) for design, analysis, and tolerancing. 

• Experience with 3D CAD tools (e.g., CREO, NX, SolidWorks) to interface effectively with opto‑mechanical designs; ANSYS Mechanical experience preferred. 

• Experience with optical imaging systems in one or more spectral bands (e.g., visible, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR).  
  

In these roles, you will be developing systems for a variety of advanced missile defense spacecraft and interceptors using current technologies and others yet to come! We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems.

Creativity and innovation are imperative for this role, as our work at Northrop Grumman often involves pushing the boundaries of technology to develop the next generation of missile defense solutions; achieving what seems impossible… until it’s not.

As a successful employee, you will:

· Be an active and integral member of your team

· Channel your enthusiasm to innovate

· Be part of a supportive team that develops and deploys technologies that matter to our national security

· Work with agility, flexibility, and collaboration to explore creative ideas

·Bachelor's degree with 2 years of professional experience, or master’s degree with 0 years (Level 2)

·Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience, or master’s degree with 3 years (Level 3)

·Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience, or master’s degree with 6 years, or PhD with 2 years (Level 4)

·Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of professional experience, or master’s degree with 7 years, or PhD with 4 years (Level 5)

· Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.

· Requires an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

· Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline

· Top Secret clearance

· Directly related Optical Engineering in Aerospace-Defense industry experience

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