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. The Navigation, Targeting, and Survivability Division (NTS), located in the Northwest Chicago suburbs, develops operational Electronic Warfare (EW) and targeting systems that provide situational awareness, self-protection, and offensive electronic attack capability to platforms across the spectrum from visible light IR to millimeter wave RF. By joining us, you’ll work on projects that help safeguard our nation related to land forces, rotary wing survivability systems, international and U.S. military electronic warfare systems, communications systems, missile warning systems and sensors, infrared counter-measure systems (IRCM), automatic test equipment, modeling and simulation, and situational awareness programs.
As a FPGA/Principal FPGA Design Engineer, you will join our diverse team and be responsible for research, design, and development of digital hardware products. Your expertise in digital component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, circuit level design and test, and project leadership are desired for this position. Researches, design, develops, and tests a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including radar and radiation detection equipment; radio, television and other communications equipment and systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers; and control and test equipment.
Digital circuit design experience, including simulation & schematic capture through test and integration. Prior hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex digital subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving FPGAs, and/or embedded processors, and/or high-speed interfaces. Demonstrated ability to lead projects with 2 or less team members. Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications. Familiarity with documentation revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest. US Citizenship. Must have interim secret clearance prior to starting. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. (for FPGA Design Engineer); Extensive digital circuit design experience, including simulation & schematic capture through test and integration. Extensive hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex digital subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving FPGAs, and/or embedded processors, and/or high-speed interfaces. Demonstrated ability to lead projects with 2 or more team members. Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications. Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest. US Citizenship. Must have interim secret clearance prior to starting. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. (for Principal FPGA Design Engineer)
Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of digital electronics design experience. Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems. Experience in Aerospace and/or Defense industries. Recent circuit card design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept, Allegro, and/or Mentor DxDesigner, Expedition. Working experience with ClearCase/ClearQuest and DOORS Current Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance. Proven skills to include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative and comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems
Bachelors’ degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with a minimum 2 years of digital electronics design experience or a Master's degree in a STEM field. (for FPGA Design Engineer); Bachelors’ degree in a STEM field (Science, Engineering, Technology or Math) with a minimum of 5 years of digital electronics design experience or 3 years of digital electronics design experience with a Master's degree in a STEM field. (for Principal FPGA Design Engineer)
$93,900.00/yr - $173,800.00/yr
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