Sr. Principal Digital Engineer

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 Defense Systems Sector has a need for a Sr Principal Digital Engineer at its campus in Warner Robins, GA.  As a Digital Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of evolving how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.

The selected individual will work on FPGA design across the full product life cycle process. In this capacity, you will utilize your working knowledge of RTL and digital interfaces.

Responsibilities:

• Familiarity with Xilinx & Altera FPGAs, Implementing I2C, SPI, RS-232, RS-485 protocols in FPGA fabric.

• Work with software and electrical engineers to architect, implement, and debug complex electronic and software designs.

• Develop test infrastructures, writing documentation and ensuring high performance.

• Familiarity with Xilinx FPGA & Altera Advanced Functional Verification tools.
   

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent with 9+ years of experience implementing FPGA code in VHDL OR Master's degree with 7 years of experience.

• Experience with Xilinx FPGAs, IP cores, SoCs, and the Vivado IDE.

• Experience with FPGA debugging, timing analysis, and optimization techniques.

• Ability to read schematics.

• Ability to utilize lab test equipment (e.g. multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and logic analyzers).

• Hands-on experience with system integration and test.

• Experience with FPGA debugging, timing analysis, and optimization techniques.

• Able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance per business requirements.  US Citizenship is a requirement. 

• Must be able to work at location in Warner Robins, GA.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with mixed signal and embedded system design (including ARM-based controllers, FPGA, DSP, power management, electrical signal characterization, and interfacing environmental sensors).

• Electronic Warfare / RF sensor domain experience

• Matlab HDLCoder Experience

• RF electronics/design

• C/C++ embedded device programming experience is a plus.

• Familiar with US Army communications, electronic warfare, integration (Tactical Assault Kit), etc

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.