Principal Digital/Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Rolling Meadows, IL

60d•$108,800 - $163,200•Onsite

About The Position

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! The Multidomain Sensing, Targeting, and Survivability Division (MSTS), located in the Northwest Chicago suburbs, develops operational Electronic Warfare (EW) and targeting systems that provide situational awareness, self-protection, and offensive electronic attack capability to platforms across the spectrum from visible light IR to millimeter wave RF. By joining us, you’ll work on projects that help safeguard our nation related to land forces, rotary wing survivability systems, international and U.S. military electronic warfare systems, communications systems, missile warning systems and sensors, infrared counter-measure systems (IRCM), automatic test equipment, modeling and simulation, and situational awareness programs. The Hardware Engineering organization plays a key role in developing these solutions. The Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer role involves full life-cycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, implementation, test verification, production, and field support while working in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management. Digital subsystem and circuit card designs utilize the latest FPGA technologies from all major vendors and device families including Xilinx, Altera, and Actel, and support high speed interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces. As a Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer, you will join our diverse team and be responsible for research, design, and development of digital hardware products. Your expertise in digital component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, circuit level design and test, and project leadership are desired for this position. Researches, designs, develops, and tests a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including radar and radiation detection equipment; radio, television and other communications equipment and systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers; and control and test equipment. This position may be filled at either a Principal or Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer level based on the qualifications listed below. This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL. location. This position is contingent upon Funding/Contract award, special access program and acquiring and maintaining the necessary US Government security clearance per customers' requirements prior to start.

Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 5 years of digital electronics design experience or a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline and 3 years of digital electronics design experience (for Principal).
Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 8 years of digital electronics design experience or a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline and 6 years of digital electronics design experience (for Sr. Principal).
Digital circuit design experience, including simulation & schematic capture through test and integration.
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 lead projects with 2 or less team members (for Principal).
Demonstrated ability to lead projects with 2 or more team members (for Sr. Principal).
Familiarity with documentation revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest.
US Citizen
Current Active Secret Clearance with additional customer specified clearance prior to start.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with a minimum 10 years of digital electronics design experience.
Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
Experience in Aerospace and/or Defense industries.
Recent circuit card design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept, Allegro, and/or Mentor Dx Designer, Expedition.
Working experience with ClearCase/ClearQuest and DOORS
Current Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance.
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 enjoying solving difficult problems.

Responsibilities

Research, design, and development of digital hardware products.
Digital component design and analysis.
Modeling and simulation.
Circuit level design and test.
Project leadership.
Researches, designs, develops, and tests a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including radar and radiation detection equipment; radio, television and other communications equipment and systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers; and control and test equipment.
Translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications.