Principal or Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer Principal or Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer

  • Northrop Grumman
  • San Diego, California
  • Full Time
Principal or Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer Northrop Grumman 3.2 ( ) San Diego, CA Why you should apply for a job to Northrop Grumman : 93% say the CEO supports gender diversity Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews Back-up Care Advantage offers employees a safety net for those days when regular care arrangements fall through. Sitter City offers access to babysitters, dog walkers & caregivers who can assist with special needs, companion care, housekeeping & more. We've partnered with College Coach, an organization that can assist employees and their families through important educational challenges. # R10193111 Position summary plore a career engineering what's possible as a Digital Design Engineer in San Diego, CA. *What You'll Get to Do: * Our Advanced Digital Engineering organization creates the next generation of communications and signal processing systems and will take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world's most advanced platforms. We bring design to life in our San Diego labs and have on-site advanced manufacturing just minutes from the beach Southern California is famous. As a Digital Design Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have an opportunity to be a part of an organization that is collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. We're asking: are you ready to challenge the impossible and define possible? If you have hands-on experience in FPGA Development with VHDL, apply today. Roles and Responsibilities: Responsible for research, design, and development for digital designs associated with multi-function software defined radios, as well as automated test equipment Work with evaluation boards to test proposed designs Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system level requirements Review designs and analysis May lead a team of Digital VHDL engineers This position is contingent upon program award and final clearance. This position may be considered at a higher grade based on the requirements below. Basic Qualifications Principal Digital Engineer: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years of digital verification engineering experience using industry standard simulation tools; 3 years with an MS degree; 0 years with PhD. Must have hands on FPGA design experience with VHDL within the past 3 years Experience with AMD/Xilinx 7 (Zynq, Kintex and Ultrascale) or Versal family of devices. Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools: Vivado and QuestaSim. Clearance: A final DoD Secret clearance is required to start with ability to obtain higher level clearances. US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance Basic Qualifications Senior Principal Digital Engineer Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 9 years of digital verification engineering experience using industry standard simulation tools; 7 years with an MS degree; 4 years with PhD. Must have hands on FPGA design experience with VHDL within the past 3 years Experience with AMD/Xilinx 7 (Zynq, Kintex and Ultrascale) or Versal family of devices. Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools: Vivado and QuestaSim. Clearance: A final DoD Secret clearance is required to start with ability to obtain higher level clearances US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance *Preferred Qualifications Principal and Senior Principal: * Experience with leading and mentoring a team Experience with DSP, MATLAB, and SimuLink Experience with the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tool Quartus. Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure. Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. Generation of Test Benches and support of formal VHDL Verification Active/Current DoD Secret Clearance or higher level MSSDEAS Salary Range: $118,000.00 - $177,000.00Salary Range 2: $146,300.00 - $219,500.00The 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.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http:// U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Why you should apply for a job to Northrop Grumman : 93% say the CEO supports gender diversity Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews Back-up Care Advantage offers employees a safety net for those days when regular care arrangements fall through. Sitter City offers access to babysitters, dog walkers & caregivers who can assist with special needs, companion care, housekeeping & more. We've partnered with College Coach, an organization that can assist employees and their families through important educational challenges.
Job ID: 488627963
Originally Posted on: 8/8/2025

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