Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 1 month ago
Sr. Principal Engineer Electrical - Firmware (FPGA)
United States-California-San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $213K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Sr. Principal Firmware Engineer to join their Software organization. The role involves designing, implementing, and verifying HDL for embedded computers in avionics products, collaborating with various engineering teams to develop requirements, and establishing integrated product development workflows.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
FPGA Architecture & Design
Define FPGA architecture and logic design to support avionics computer functions
Translate system and board-level requirements to detailed FPGA requirements and design specifications
Collaborate with the Product Architect to partition system functionality between hardware, firmware and software
HDL Coding & Implementation
Develop synthesizable HDL code for FPGA-based designs
Implement interfaces such as PCIe, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet and Serial
Simulation, Verification and Validation
Create comprehensive test benches and simulation environment to verify FPGA
Perform functional, timing and synthesis-level simulations to ensure deterministic and reliable operation
Support hardware-in-the-loop and system-level integration testing with embedded processors and avionics systems
Participate in formal verification and validation activities
Synthesis, Place & Route, and Timing Closure functionality
Perform synthesis, implementation and timing closure using Vivado
Optimize resource utilization, power consumption, and performance through iterative design and analysis
Generate and review timing constraints to ensure reliable performance across all environmental conditions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 8 years of experience
Master's Degree in STEM with 6 years of experience
PhD Degree with 3 years of 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
Experience with AMD FPGAs and the Vivado tool
Experience with OVM/UVM Verification methodologies
Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
Experience facilitating internal and customer collaboration to capture and enhance engineering artifacts
Demonstrated experience with the full product life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, and test)
Preferred
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase