Sr Principal Engineer Digital

Relocation assistance may be available. Travel required: 10% of the time. Must be a US Citizen to meet security clearance requirements; ability to obtain and maintain a Secret (SAP) clearance.

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. The Northern California campus Advanced Digital Design organization creates the next generation of communications and signal processing systems, taking ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world’s most advanced platforms.

We offer a wide variety of professional development opportunities, mentorship by senior engineers, and access to cutting-edge tools and technologies like Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Software-Defined Radios (SDRs).

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and development for digital designs associated with multi-function software defined radios
• Work with evaluation boards to test proposed designs
• Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system level requirements
• Review designs and analysis
• May lead a team of Digital VHDL Engineers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of experience
• FPGA design experience with VHDL or Verilog
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx 7 (Zynq, Kintex and Ultrascale) or Versal family of devices
• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools such as Vivado and QuestaSim
• Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment and internal hardware analyzers
• Generation of Test Benches

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with VHDL
• Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure
• Experience with DSP and MATLAB
• Support of formal VHDL Verification
• Active/Current Secret Clearance or higher level

Benefits

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Additional Benefits: Education Assistance, Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)

Pay

Primary level salary range: $156,400.00 - $234,600.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; base salary offers consider the scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.