Engineer Digital - Level 5 - Linthicum
About The Position
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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector delivers a decisive advantage to its customers through software-defined, hardware-enabled solutions. The Electrical Design and Analysis (EDA) section in Linthicum, MD enables these hardware solutions by providing digital architecture, design, verification, and support expertise across a wide variety of electronic sensor products. Our engineers work on complex, leading edge, high reliability electronics supporting different space platforms. NGSS engineers share a great sense of pride knowing their contributions have a direct effect on the safety and security of the country and its allies. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, teamwork, and bringing your whole self to work to accomplish the mission while learning and having fun along the way. Our department is fertile ground for all experience levels to become part of our growing team and contribute to our goals. The department offers opportunities to grow on a technical track both broad and deep as well as explore project leadership or management positions. EDA is seeking a Staff Digital Design Engineer responsible for the research, design, and development of digital hardware products. Expertise in digital component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, circuit level design, verification and test, and project leadership are desired for this position. Work with engineers in other disciplines to develop these circuits into final products. Help guide and determine technical direction of programs using advanced technical principles, theories and concepts including the development of new principles and concepts. Handle complex technical issues and resolve them in new and innovative ways. Work will be performed under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated. Candidates should have the ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative.
Requirements
- Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 12 years of digital electronics design experience or 10 years of digital electronics design experience with a Master's degree in a technical field.
- Digital circuit design experience, including simulation & schematic capture through test and integration containing digital interfaces such as Spacewire, Ethernet, RS-422, SERDES, FPGAs, LVDS, etc
- Prior hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex digital subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving FPGAs, and/or embedded processors, and/or high speed interfaces.
- Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications.
- Proven skills to include: team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative and also comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems.
- US Citizen
- 100% on site
Nice To Haves
- Top Secret / SCI security clearance
- Worst Case Circuit Analysis
- Signal integrity/Power integrity analysis via Hyperlynx/Keysight ADS
- Circuit card design in Siemen’s Xpedition
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and development of digital hardware products.
- Digital component design and analysis.
- Modeling and simulation.
- Circuit level design, verification and test.
- Project leadership.
- Work with engineers in other disciplines to develop these circuits into final products.
- Guide and determine technical direction of programs using advanced technical principles, theories and concepts including the development of new principles and concepts.
- Handle complex technical issues and resolve them in new and innovative ways.
- Work will be performed under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.
- Assignments are often self-initiated.
- Ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
