Sr. Staff Design Systems Engineer (FA878)

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 70 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 allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions. Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Sr. Staff Design Systems Engineer with demonstrated ability to lead development of new technologies to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

What You’ll Get to Do:

As a Design Systems Engineer, you will have an opportunity to be a part of an organization that is collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. We’re asking: are you ready to challenge the impossible and define possible?  

Roles and Responsibilities:

• This senior systems engineering role is expected to work across Forging Armor program to define system functional and performance requirements and collaborate on verification/validation approaches.
• The system engineer shall be expected to work with internal customers, scientists and engineers.
• Lead the trade study definition, metrics development and evaluations for the use of novel technologies to aid in the development of support tools and target transformational computing systems.
• Working with the SEIT Lead, they will lead, establish, and enforce the adoption of standard processes, configuration management, and good engineering practices.
• Support the implementation of digital and mixed system architectures and algorithms
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering on architectural studies
• Review designs and analysis.

This position is contingent on clearance.

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Staff Design Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 14 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 9 years of experience
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in design, development, creation, and modification of digital logic designs implemented in FPGA, or ASIC flow.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in simulation and verification of Digital Logic designs, requirements, and supporting validation at the system level.
• Experience with ASIC Specification generation and verification.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.
• Active TS/SCI with poly security clearance per business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications of Sr. Staff Design Systems Engineer:

• Experience with DSP, MATLAB, and SimuLink
• Experience with the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tool Quartus.
• Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Generation of Test Benches and support of formal VHDL Verification.

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