RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.
Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems has an opening for a Staff FPGA (DSP) Digital Design Engineer with an active clearance, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Northridge, CA. This position is 100 on site with no remote opportunities.
The Staff FPGA (DSP) Digital Design Engineer reports to the Chief Engineer and is responsible for leading multiple software teams for development activities.
As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighters. The ideal candidate will be supporting one of our programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.
Responsible for research, design, and development for complex high speed digital designs.
Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms.
Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system level requirements, review designs and analysis.
Basic Qualifications for Staff FPGA (DSP) Digital Design Engineer:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 12 years of digital verification engineering experience using industry standard simulation tools; 10 years with an MS degree; 8 years with PhD.
Preferred Qualifications for Staff Engineer Digital:
Expertise in high-speed FPGA implementation such as AXI, DMA, PCIe, HSSI, DDR3, Ethernet, etc.
Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic and spectrum analyzers, RF signal generator, etc.
Primary Level Salary Range: $194,700.00 - $292,100.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.