Principal/ Sr Principal Engineer Digital

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way.

Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Our employees are not only part of history, but they're also making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is a leading global provider of secure software-defined, hardware enabled mission systems.

Our company is pioneering capabilities in a wide variety of sectors that keep our nation and our allies safe from undersea to space and cyberspace.

NG Microelectronics Center is seeking FPGA / Digital Engineers to support architecture definition and product design. We are seeking engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative organization to help develop, enhance and maintain FPGA designs on cutting edge products and systems.

As a Digital Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of evolving how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.

Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.

The selected individual will work on FPGA design across the full product life cycle process. In this capacity, you will utilize your working knowledge of RTL and digital interfaces.

Are you seeking a challenging role with a strong team? Come define possible with us!

This position can be filled at the Principal or Senior Principal level.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Level :

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or comparable discipline with 5+ years of relevant professional experience (3+ years with an MS degree, 0+ yrs with a PhD)
• Proficient in RTL modeling and simulation (experience within past 3 years)
• Proficient with FPGA device(s) (experience within past 3 years)
• Must be a US Citizen and must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Full Top Secret / SCI security clearance with Polygraph.

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Level :

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or comparable discipline with 9+ years of relevant professional experience (7+ years with an MS degree, 4+ yrs with a PhD)
• Proficient in RTL modeling and simulation (experience within past 3 years)
• Proficient with FPGA device(s) (experience within past 3 years)
• Must be a US Citizen and must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Full Top Secret / SCI security clearance with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications :

• MS in Electrical Engineering or comparable discipline
• Active Top Secret security clearance
• Experience with SystemVerilog
• Experience with AMD / Xilinx Versal, Ultrascale, or Zynq families of devices.
• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools : Vivado
• Experience with scripting languages (Tcl, Bash, Python)
• Experience with High-Speed Serdes interfaces.
• Experience with industry standard bus or I / O interfaces.
• Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design experience : synthesis, simulation, design for test, physical design

Salary Range : $112,600 - $169,000

Salary Range 2 : $139,700 - $209,500

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and / or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.