Senior Principal Digital Engineer

About the Role

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time · Clearance: Secret (required at start) · Relocation assistance may be available Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Digital Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a Senior Principal Digital Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You'll Do

• The Digital Engineer will be responsible for design and verification of digital systems on a safety-critical development program. Candidate is required to have extensive knowledge of digital design and verification concepts. Candidate will possess strong communication skills as he or she will interface with our development program leads, senior scientists, engineering and manufacturing organizations throughout the program lifecycle. The individual will also have technical foresight to integrate the appropriate requirements, processes, procedures and tools as this development program will lead to the future generation of navigation, video & cockpit products.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in a STEM field with 6 years of relevant experience; PhD in a STEM field with 4 years of relevant experience
• Experience with High-Speed Digital Design and Verification
• Experience with FPGA/SOC/ASIC implementation (VHDL/Verilog, Synthesis, Timing Closure)
• Experience with design processes including hardware requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, production transitioning
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• A current/active U.S. Government Secret Clearance is required
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with V&V technologies (System Verilog, UVM, Hardware-In-Loop)
• Knowledge of Computer Architecture (Bus standards, Interrupts, Memory)
• Experience with Model-based Engineering (MATLAB, Simulink, Fixed Point vs. Floating Point)
• Experience with Sensors and Digital Signal Processing
• Cost Account Management (CAM) certification / experience
• Experience with safety critical designs (DO-254)
• Communication, team building and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with team, upper management and customers

Pay & Benefits

$156,400.00 - $234,600.00 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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market 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.