Staff FPGA Digital Design Engineer Level 5 (AHT)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Advanced Weapons is hiring a Staff FPGA Digital Design Engineer Level 5 to support the ARRGM-ER missile program within the Advanced Weapons Business Unit in Northridge, California. The role is full-time and on-site; remote or telework arrangements are not available. Relocation assistance may be available. The position requires the ability to obtain an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance and includes travel estimated at 10% of the time. The engineer will apply knowledge of digital signal processing and digital interfaces to FPGA and ASIC design across the full product life cycle. Work uses model-based engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices to develop defense products and capabilities. The position focuses on complex, high-speed digital designs and supports FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms, collaborating with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware meets system-level requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or another STEM discipline and 12 years of digital design and verification engineering experience using industry-standard simulation tools, or a master’s degree and 10 years of such experience.
- Hands-on FPGA design experience with VHDL and/or Verilog within the past six years.
- Experience with AMD/Xilinx and/or Intel/Altera SoC FPGAs.
- Experience with EDA tools including Vivado, Quartus, and QuestaSim.
- Ability to obtain an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in DSP algorithms and implementing them on FPGA using MATLAB and Simulink.
- Strong design skills in VHDL and Verilog.
- Experience with FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.
- Experience developing low-level FPGA requirements and verification procedures.
- Background in RF design.
- Experience with board- or system-level debugging using equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic and spectrum analyzers, and RF signal generators.
- Experience generating complex test benches in ModelSim or QuestaSim to support formal verification.
- Familiarity with the VxWorks RTOS, its architecture, and development tools.
- Expertise in high-speed FPGA implementation, such as AXI, DMA, PCIe, HSSI, DDR3, and Ethernet.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, modify, and evaluate digital electronic parts, components, and integrated circuitry for digital equipment and other hardware systems.
- Determine design approaches and parameters.
- Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results.
- Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
- Review vendor capability to support product development.
- Research, design, and develop complex high-speed digital designs.
- Support implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system-level requirements.
- Review designs and analysis.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential eligibility 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
Senior
