Job Description
– Principal/Sr.
Principal FPGA Engineer w/ Active Clearance (21012934)
Requisition ID
: 21012934
Location
US Citizenship Required for this Position : Yes
Relocation Assistance : Relocation assistance may be available
Clearance Type : Secret
Shift
: 1st Shift
Travel
: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Job Posting Category
Description
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world.
Our main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is currently seeking a Principal/Senior Principal FPGA Engineer to provide talent to our Advanced Weapons (AW) group in Northridge, CA.
Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.
Job Summary
• Perform analysis, design, or test of one or more complex designs, which require use of ingenuity and creativity and without detailed direction from more senior engineers.
• Based on generally defined problems, study design concepts and criteria to ascertain the engineering principles involved.
•Without detailed direction, plan, prepare, and complete the design.
• Evaluate completed design with more senior engineers and other technical groups and make modifications necessary to achieve a design that satisfies requirements.
• Develop, coordinate, and conduct the test programs required to evaluate the design.
• May also oversee component supplier design, analysis, manufacture, and test.
• May also oversee, with senior engineer support, subsystem supplier design, analysis, manufacture, and test.
Key responsibilities include:
•Developing RTL designs in VHDL using state of the art Xilinx and Intel/Altera SoC FPGAs development toolsets.
•Developing circuit cards using Intel/Altera FPGAs, high speed serial interfaces, analog and power circuits.
•Familiarity with design security features in Xilinx and Altera FPGA are an added plus as are any experience in anti-tamper and cybersecurity implementations.
•Developing circuit card designs using the Mentor Graphics EDA toolset for design and simulation of circuits.
•Performing signal integrity analysis using Mentor Graphics HyperLynx toolset.
•Overseeing and participating in hardware test and integration in a laboratory environment using a variety of test equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and DMMs.
•Using oral and verbal presentation skills to effectively communicate at a detailed technical level, as well as distilling advanced concepts into fundamental principles for teammates and customers.
•Working and performing in a multi-disciplinary research and development environment.
•Evaluating engineering design concepts.
•Creating test plans and procedures for a variety of circuit cards, including environmental testing.
•Developing specifications and requirements, reviewing Engineering Change Proposals, and generating formal whitepapers and failure reports.
•Supporting program Engineering Configuration Change Board (CCB), Corrective Action Board (CAB) and Failure Review Board (FRB) meetings as required.
•Identifying opportunities for improvement based on review of failure data and supporting development and implementation of component design improvements and updates.
•Supporting design reviews and test activities as needed.
•Supporting subcontractor assessment, selection and coordination activities with respect to analog and digital design needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
•BQs for a Principal FPGA Engineer are a BS and 5+ years of experience, or MS and 3+ years of experience in RTL/FPGA designs including evaluation of engineering design concepts.
•BQs for a Senior Principal FPGA Engineer are a BS and 9+ years of experience, or MS and 7+ years of experience, or 4+ years with PhD in RTL/FPGA designs including evaluation of engineering design concepts.
•Must hold an active DoD Secret Clearance.
•Must be familiar with and proficient using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Visio)
•Experience collecting test data using digital storage oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, logic analyzers, in-circuit emulators, RF network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and arbitrary waveform generators.
•Experience reading and interpreting military requirements, specifications, and engineering drawings/schematics.
•Proven experience building effective working relationships with customers, coworkers, and vendors.
•Must be a self-starter capable of performing assigned tasks with minimal direction.
•Must be an innovative thinker with a demonstrated ability for solving complex problems that may require ingenuity and “out of the box” ideas.
•Experience working in an inter-disciplinary functional team.
•Must be able to study and understand complex electronics/mechanical systems
•Must be meticulous with documentation.
•Must understand and be able to show traceability to requirements and technical references.
•Experience in reviewing presentations, emails, white papers, trade studies, and reports for content and accuracy.
•Proven ability to sustain products through end-of-life, including obsolescence management.
Preferred Qualifications:
•Knowledge of programming languages including C/C++ or scripting languages such as TCL/TK or Python is strongly desired.
•Knowledge of MATLAB is strongly desired.
•Experience in anti-tamper and cybersecurity implementations also a plus.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO .
U.S.
Citizenship is required for most positions.
What’s great about Northrop Grumman
Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
Many sites have 9/80 days, telework and flexible scheduling options, plus generous paid time off.
Indeed named Northrop Grumman a top 15 company for work/life balance in 2019.
We were rated #1 by Millennials on Indeed as the Best Company to work for in 2018.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.
U.S.
Citizenship is required for most positions.
For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO