Nathaniel Curtis
Staff RF Design Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation Mission Systems
- Role
- Rf Microwave Design Engineer at Northrop Grumman
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nathaniel Curtis
Engineering professional with strong electrical engineering educational background complemented by work experience. • Effective at executing multiple projects in concert.• Consistently contributes to activities that require sound judgment.• Takes ownership of opportunities and is committed to producing top quality work and results.• Strong willingness to take on \"tough\" assignments that stretch personal abilities.• Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills. • Communicates and works effectively with colleagues at all levels. • Demonstrates the spirit of helping others and going “the extra mile” while being heavily involved in volunteer opportunities. • Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
Experience
Rf Microwave Design Engineer
Jan 2011 — Present · Baltimore, MD, US
Currently serving as Antenna Tech Lead for Common Array Programs• Installed Performance Lead for Common Array Programs• Antenna Technical Lead for Capital Antenna Subsystem• Tech Lead for RF redesign effort focused on cost reduction with potential $150M in savings to our customer• Interface regularly with Producibility and Manufacturing Engineering to realize cost savings in board processing in addition to savings realized through efficient design• Interface regularly with major and minor vendors to help convey design ideas and project goals• Interface regularly with external customer through technical interchanges• Interface regularly with engineering team to assess status and make engineering judgement calls• Track cost and schedule for the +$2M effort, reporting back to program manager• Designed cutting edge wide band radiating elements (stepped notch, patch, reflector/reflect array) for a variety of applications and platforms in infinite and finite array environment (HFSS, CST, ADS, GRASP, Matlab) as well as other components of the radar system (circulator, isolator, filter)• Modeled and analyze finite antenna array performance for a variety of applications and platforms.• Utilized Matlab and other computational tools to produce and display technical data for senior engineers.• Managed $150K budget and schedule for proprietary antenna research and development effort.• Managed contracts process for acquiring new technology from university relations.• Managed RF Apertures department website and web material/tools.• Constructed and presented technical presentations to customers, colleagues, upper level management and executives.
Education
Penn State University
Master of Science (MS)
2003 — 2006
Penn State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
2006 — 2009
Drexel University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
1998 — 2003
Skills
- Digital Signal Processors
- Simulations
- Antennas
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Testing
- Electrical Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Rf Engineering
- Radar
- Matlab
- Rf
- Spectrum Analyzer
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