Principal/Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Multi-domain Sensing, Targeting, and Survivability Division develops electronic warfare and targeting systems that provide situational awareness, self-protection, and electronic attack capabilities. The Principal/Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer contributes to full life-cycle product development, from system concept and requirements through design, implementation, test verification, production, and field support. The role works with integrated teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management. The engineer researches, designs, develops, and tests digital hardware products and electronic equipment and systems. Digital subsystem and circuit card designs use FPGA technologies from vendors including Xilinx, Altera, and Actel, and support high-speed interfaces, RF and EO digital signal processing, controls, data links, embedded processing, and interfaces. Work includes digital component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, circuit-level design and test, and project leadership. The position is full-time and on-site in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, and may be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline, with at least 5 years of digital electronics design experience for the Principal level; alternatively, 3 years with a technical master’s degree, or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline, with at least 8 years of digital electronics design experience for the Sr. Principal level; alternatively, 6 years with a technical master’s degree, or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Digital circuit design experience, including simulation and schematic capture through test and integration; extensive experience is specified for the Sr. Principal level.
- Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex digital subsystems, such as circuit cards involving FPGAs, embedded processors, or high-speed interfaces.
- Ability to lead projects with 2 or fewer team members at the Principal level, or 2 or more team members at the Sr. Principal level.
- Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design specifications, and test specifications.
- Familiarity with documentation, revision control, and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Must have interim Secret clearance before starting and be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with at least 12 years of digital electronics design experience.
- Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
- Experience in the aerospace and/or defense industries.
- Recent circuit card design experience using tools such as Cadence Concept, Allegro, Mentor DxDesigner, or Expedition.
- Working experience with ClearCase/ClearQuest and DOORS.
- Current Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
- Team leadership and mentoring skills; ability to communicate with all levels of an organization internally and externally; adaptability, creativity, collaboration, independent work, and enthusiasm for solving difficult problems.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, develop, and test digital hardware products and electronic equipment and systems.
- Contribute to full life-cycle product development, from system concept and requirements through design, implementation, test verification, production, and field support.
- Design digital subsystems and circuit cards using FPGA technologies, supporting high-speed interfaces, RF and EO DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and interfaces.
- Perform digital component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, circuit-level design and test.
- Lead projects and collaborate in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management.
- Translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design specifications, and test specifications.
- Prototype and debug complex digital subsystems and support testing, integration, and verification.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
- Relocation assistance may be available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
