Staff Digital Engineer
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
Description
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.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.
At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Digital Engineer (FPGA Design) based out of Linthicum, MD. This position will be on site at our BWI location.
As an integral part of our cross-discipline engineering team in Mission Systems that encompasses Digital Engineering to support FPGA product development.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work closely with design engineers and will utilize your knowledge of modern design methods, tools and techniques
Design, development, creation and modification of digital logic designs implemented with Xilinx and MicroChip FPGAs
Execute full FPGA design flow including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, place and route, constraints development, timing analysis and optimization technics
Ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across multi‐functional teams to develop innovative solutions
This position is contingent upon transfer of DoD Secret Clearance with Special Program Access (SAP).
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 10 years of experience or a PhD with 7 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields. 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
U.S Citizenship is required
An active DoD Secret Security Clearance is required with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
Experience with industry standard FPGA design implementation tools for IP integration, PnR, CDC such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, and QuestaSim.
Working knowledge of full product life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, and test) of FPGA Design and/or ASIC Design
Knowledge of System Verilog, Verilog and/or VHDL
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced Degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher
Experience with STA constraints generation and timing closure
Experience with MATLAB, Mentor Graphics design tools or similar tools
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