Principal Engineer Electrical
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's Space Systems Sector has openings for a FPGA/ASIC Engineer - Level 3 to join our team in Gilbert, AZ. Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. As a FPGA/ASIC Engineer, you will be responsible for research, requirements analysis and systems architecture, design, coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis and place & route for our Command and Data Handling (C&DH) products. You will specialize in FPGA/ASIC for space applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience, or 3 years of experience with a Master’s degree or 1 years of relevant experience with a PhD
- Experience in RTL design for an aerospace environment or space application
- Proficient in FPGA design flow including items such as RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
- Industry experience in FPGA Design, Simulation and V&V
Nice To Haves
- Advance degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- Top Secret clearance
- Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools (e.g., Xilinx ISE/Vivado, Mentor Graphics ModelSim/QuestaSim, Synplify)
- Implementation of Digital Signal or Image Processing algorithms on FPGAs
- Expertise achieving timing closure on FPGA designs and generating test benches for full functional simulation
- Experience working with or developing test benches using System Verilog and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
- Experience debugging down to the hardware level with experience using Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, Digital Oscilloscopes and Embedded FPGA Debugging tools
Responsibilities
- HDL design for FPGA and/or ASIC applications
- FPGA/ASIC verification via simulation and emulation (lab testing)
- FPGA/ASIC synthesis, timing analysis, and place & route
- FPGA design for space environments or space applications
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
