Digital Engineer - Northrop Grumman

OpenTalent; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Linthicum, MD seeks a Digital Engineer to develop, enhance and maintain software for cutting-edge defense products within the SWDT organization. The role emphasizes agile practices, automation, and collaboration across teams to deliver secure digital capabilities.

The position requires a BSCE/BSEE, 3+ years in the field, and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. You will work with FPGA design, VHDL, and mature tooling to meet stringent performance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 3+ years of related experience.
• U.S. Citizenship is required and ability to obtain Secret Clearance.
• 2+ years of VHDL programming experience.
• 2+ years of experience with FPGA tooling such as AMD/Xilinx, Vivado, Altera/Quartus.

Responsibilities

• Design, verification, simulation and testing of FPGAs.
• Use modeling and simulation tools to expedite firmware updates.
• Develop test plans and validate digital designs for function, performance and security.
• Adhere to coding standards and revision control practices.
• Conduct tests using high-speed equipment and analyze test data.
• Lead on-site testing of digital designs and support Systems Integration and Test.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA tools

Schematic capture

Education

BSCE or BSEE

Tools

AMD/Xilinx

Vivado

Altera/Quartus

Job description

Description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Digital Engineer with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative Software and Digital (SWDT) Technologies Organization to help develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems. This position is based out of Linthicum, MD.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As a Digital Engineer within the SWDT Organization you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using the latest Digital development tools, 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 new team member will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning and a culture of automation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, verification, simulation and testing of FPGAs.


• Utilize modeling and simulation tools to expedite development and testing of firmware updates.


• 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.


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


• Providing support for Systems Integration and Test operations.


• Lead on-site testing of digital designs.


• Manage design constraints (timing, power, I/O) and perform static timing analysis to meet critical performance targets.


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


• This position is contingent on contract award and funding.

Basic Qualifications for a Digital Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering (BSCE), Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or related STEM Degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience.


• U.S Citizenship is required.


• Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance. Secret Clearance is required to start. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment.


• Must have 2 years of experience with VHDL programming language.


• Must have 2 years of experience working in schematic and programmable logic tools such as AMD/Xilinx, Vivado, Altera/Quartus, etc.