Principal Electronics Engineer or Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer or a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer. The selected candidate will report to the Northrop Grumman site in Apopka, FL.

What You'll Get To Do:

You will have opportunities to support the design, integration, test, and production of laser and electro-optical, network and communication systems.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developing complex programmable logic code/VHDL designs and generating design requirements and test documentation
• FPGA programming and hardware testing and debugging
• Supporting the generation of detailed electronic schematics, CCA drawings, and bill of materials (BOMs) for electronic designs
• Supporting other engineering disciplines in the integration and test of electronic systems
• Generating engineering change notices (ECN), updating models / drawings, and releasing appropriate documentation into Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) databases
• Performing root cause corrective action (RCCA) for hardware failures
• Performing work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team; perform successfully in a fast-paced, work environment.    

“This requisition may be filled as a Principal Electronics Engineer or a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer based on the qualifications listed below.”

Basic Qualifications for Principal Electronics Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 5 years of relevant, professional experience or a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 3 years of relevant, professional experience
• US Citizenship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Experience in full FPGA design flow including generating design requirements, performing RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis, writing test benches and performing formal code verification
• FPGA architecture and design experience with Microchip, AMD (Xilinx) and/or Intel (Altera) FPGAs and their application environments
• Experience with circuit board level debugging of FPGAs

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 9 years of relevant, professional experience or a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 7 years of relevant, professional experience
• US Citizenship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Experience in full FPGA design flow including generating design requirements, performing RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis, writing test benches and performing formal code verification
• FPGA architecture and design experience with Microchip, AMD (Xilinx) and/or Intel (Altera) FPGAs and their application environments
• Experience with circuit board level debugging of FPGAs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering is preferred
• Experience translating higher assembly level requirements into programmable logic design requirements
• Experience writing FPGA physical constraints and solving complex FPGA timing issues
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink
• Experience writing programmable logic code for serial interface protocols (I2C, SPI, UART)
• Experience using vendor supplied IP cores in programmable logic designs
• Circuit design, integration, test and troubleshooting experience
• Experience performing electrical component selection and part obsolescence BOM reviews
• Experience with hand soldering, assembling, and repairing wire harnesses and other electronic assemblies
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications
• Experience with military vehicle and aircraft standards and specifications

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.