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Northrop Grumman · 2 days ago

Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer - R10213929

Rolling Meadows, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$105K/yr - $158K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Design Engineer. The role involves full life-cycle product development for digital systems, including design, implementation, and field support, while working in integrated product teams.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Full life-cycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, implementation, test verification, production, and field support while working in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management

Digital subsystem and circuit card designs utilizing the latest FPGA technologies from all major vendors and device families including Xilinx, Altera, and Actel, and supporting high speed interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces

Qualification

Digital circuit designFPGA technologiesEmbedded processorsElectronic Warfare systemsCircuit card designTeam leadershipMentoringCommunication skillsProblem-solvingAdaptability

Required

Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 5 years of digital electronics design experience or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline and 3 years of digital electronics design experience

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 Citizen

Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 8 years of digital electronics design experience or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline and 6 years of digital electronics design experience

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 Citizen

Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

Preferred

Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with a minimum 10 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 also comfortable working independently and enjoying solving difficult problems