FPGA Design Engineer – Secret Clearance (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corporation in Rolling Meadows, IL, seeks an FPGA Design Engineer to join the MSTS division. You will contribute across the FPGA development lifecycle for RF and EO/IR products, collaborating with systems, software, and hardware teams.

Bachelor’s in EE/CE with 2+ years FPGA/ASIC experience, VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, and Vivado/Quartus skills are required. US citizenship and ability to obtain a secret clearance are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with relevant FPGA/ASIC design experience.
• Solid understanding of RTL design using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with FPGA toolchains and high-speed interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FPGA development for RF and EO/IR products.
• Analyze requirements, refine architecture, and develop RTL and testbenches.
• Perform verification, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware integration.
• Provide production support and troubleshoot across engineering disciplines.

Skills

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

RTL design

FPGA/ASIC design

Scripting: MATLAB/Python/C/C++

Engineering requirements/doc writing

Team collaboration

Clear communication

US citizenship

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

2+ years FPGA/ASIC design experience

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

ModelSim/QuestaSim

SOPC Builder/Qsys/Platform Designer

DSP Builder

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corporation in Rolling Meadows, IL, seeks an FPGA Design Engineer to join the MSTS division. You will contribute across the FPGA development lifecycle for RF and EO/IR products, collaborating with systems, software, and hardware teams.

Bachelor’s in EE/CE with 2+ years FPGA/ASIC experience, VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, and Vivado/Quartus skills are required. US citizenship and ability to obtain a secret clearance are essential.