Senior Digital Engineer - DSP/FPGA (Secret)

Northrop Grumman

Linthicum (MD)

On-site

USD 186,000 - 279,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Digital Engineer in Linthicum, MD, onsite at the Digital Technologies Department. You will lead architecture, DSP design, and subsystem integration for embedded processors, ASICs, and FPGAs, with a focus on digital subsystems and system-level optimization.

The role requires strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the ability to develop cost/risk/schedule estimates.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
  • Must have current/active Secret Clearance to start and be able to obtain SAP.
  • 10 years of experience developing digital subsystems.
  • 8 years of leadership experience.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with management and customers to define objectives and formulate solutions.
  • Provide direction to internal and external design teams and oversee design work.
  • Develop realistic estimates for development cost, risk and schedule.
  • Create architectures compatible with internal and industry standards.
  • Allocate functionality to SBCs, SoCs, ASICs, and FPGAs; model DSP algorithms.
  • Develop DSP in Matlab/Python and perform system trade studies.

Skills

Leadership
Digital subsystems
System architecture
DSP algorithms
Matlab
Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
MS Degree in a related field
PhD in a related field

Tools

Matlab
Python
Embedded processors
FPGAs

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Digital Engineer in Linthicum, MD, onsite at the Digital Technologies Department. You will lead architecture, DSP design, and subsystem integration for embedded processors, ASICs, and FPGAs, with a focus on digital subsystems and system-level optimization.

The role requires strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the ability to develop cost/risk/schedule estimates.

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