Sr Principal Engineer Digital
At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at Ngc. United States-California-McClellan · full-time · $156,400–$234,600 base.
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What you'll do
- Develop digital designs for multifunction software-defined radios, from initial research through implementation
- Test proposed designs on evaluation boards and help build FPGA architectures and algorithms
- Coordinate with systems engineering to check firmware against system requirements, then assess designs and analyses
- Build test benches and troubleshoot boards or systems with test equipment and internal hardware analyzers
- You could guide a group of digital engineers working in VHDL
What you bring
- A STEM bachelor's degree and eight years of related experience, or a master's with six years, or a doctorate with four
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and retain a Secret clearance
- FPGA design work using VHDL or Verilog, plus experience with AMD/Xilinx 7 or Versal devices
- Experience with EDA tools such as Vivado and QuestaSim, and debugging at board or system level
Who this fits
You’ll work in McClellan, California, with travel around ten percent of the time. The role may include guiding other digital engineers, and relocation assistance may be available.
From the employer
Description
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.The Northrop Grumman Northern California campus our Advanced Digital Design organization creates the next generation of communications and signal processing systems and will take 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). We seek degreed electrical or computer engineering engineers with hands-on experience in FPGA Design and Verification with VHDL.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Sr. Principal Digital Engineer based in McClellan, CA.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for 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
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principle Digital Engineer:
- 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
- Must be a US Citizen in order to meet the security clearance requirement
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance
- 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 for Sr. Principle Digital Engineer:
- 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
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!
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