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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Principal Digital Engineer or Sr. Principal Digital Engineer

Buffalo, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$137K/yr - $206K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company that provides innovative solutions to complex problems. They are seeking a Principal Digital Engineer or Sr. Principal Digital Engineer to join their Digital Engineering team, where the successful candidate will be responsible for designing digital hardware sub-systems and ensuring that they meet rigorous testing and validation processes.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development digital circuits, including circuits that may contain FPGAs

Generate and update digital system requirements and select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability

Use modeling and simulation tools to expedite development and testing of firmware before hardware is available

Develop test plans and implement rigorous testing and validation processes for digital designs to ensure functionality, performance and security requirements are met

Adhere to coding standards, revision control practices, and peer review procedures

Conduct tests using high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, and FPGA debugging tools, and analyze test data

Lead on-site testing of digital designs

Create engineering change orders and perform fundamental types of analysis (i.e. power utilization, signal integrity, etc.)

Manufacturing engineering liaison support for production hardware testing

Providing support for Systems Integration and Test operations

Use strong interpersonal skills to work effectively within a development team to understand system level interdependencies that impact circuit requirements and design constraints

Qualification

FPGA designDigital circuitry designHardware/software integrationVHDLVerilogSimulationDebugging toolsLab equipment usageTeam collaborationInterpersonal skillsContinuous learning

Required

Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field and 5 years of related technical experience

Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications

Advanced knowledge of digital circuitry and design from schematic creation through fabrication, assembly, and troubleshooting

Hands-on hardware/software integration experience of complex digital subsystems, such as circuit card development involving FPGAs, and/or embedded processors, and/or high-speed interfaces

Must have 3 years experience in FPGA design and development using VHDL or Verilog

Must have 3 years experience with FPGA design verification using simulation, hardware verification, and debugging tools

Must have 3 years experience in the use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers

U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment

Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field and 8 years of related technical experience

Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications

Advanced knowledge of digital circuitry and design from schematic creation through fabrication, assembly, and troubleshooting

Hands-on hardware/software integration experience of complex digital subsystems, such as circuit card development involving FPGAs, and/or embedded processors, and/or high-speed interfaces

Must have 7 years experience in FPGA design and development using VHDL or Verilog

Must have 7 years experience with FPGA design verification using simulation, hardware verification, and debugging tools

Must have 7 years experience in the use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers

U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment