Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Digital - FPGA

Description

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.  Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Digital Technologies Group, is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Digital FPGA Design Engineer for the development of power and control systems and products.

Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Principal FPGA Design Engineer or Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer for our Sykesville, Maryland location.  This position can be filled at either level depending upon years of experience and qualifications.

What You'll Get To Do:

• Design, development, creation and modification of digital logic designs implemented with Xilinx and Microsemi FPGA IDEs

• Simulation and verification of FPGA logic designs, compliance requirements, and supporting validation at the system level

• Work with members of multi‐functional teams to develop innovative solutions

• Clear and effective communication to cross-functional team members 

• Documentation of design and analysis reports as well as test reports

This requisition may be filled as a  Principal FPGA Design Engineer or Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer.

Basic Qualifications of Principal FPGA Design Engineer:

• Bachelor’s in Science STEM degree with 5 years of related experience; or a Master’s Degree with 3 years of related experience; or a PhD with 0 years of related experience

• Experience with the use of various FPGAs or the development of HDL (Verilog and VHDL) code within the corresponding IDE

• Candidate must have good communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and good oral and written presentation skills

• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance, per business requirements.

Basic Qualifications of Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or STEM-related discipline with 9+ years of experience, or master’s degree and 7+ years of experience, or a Ph.D. with 4+ years of experience

• Experience with the use of various FPGAs or the development of HDL (Verilog and VHDL) code within the corresponding IDE

• Candidate must have good communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and good oral and written presentation skills

• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance, per business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Related experience to include project management/IPT leadership, with experience leading a digital design team. 

• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink modeling and programming

• Experience creating and managing to an FPGA build plan

• Experience defining development test plans and/or methods

• Experience with high level programming languages (C/C++)

• Experience with scripting languages (Python)

• Experience translating customer requirements and/or functional block diagrams into realized FPGA/Digital Logic Designs

• Effective communication with systems and software teams for requirements, ICDs, handoffs, etc.

• Able to work effectively within a development team to understand system level inter-dependencies and design constraints

• Experience with the design lifecycle, leading a design from requirements through to verification and documentation

• Active Secret clearance a plus

What We Can Offer You:
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

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.