Senior Principal Digital Engineer – FPGA, Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD seeks a Principal Digital Engineer or Sr. Principal Digital Engineer to develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems within the SWDT Technologies Organization. This role emphasizes digital transformation, Agile practices, and collaboration across teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• :
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering (BSCE), Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or related STEM Degree with 5 years of related experience.
• U.S. Citizenship is required and ability to obtain Secret Clearance.

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.
• Lead on-site testing of digital designs.
• Manage design constraints (timing, power, I/O) and perform static timing analysis to meet critical performance targets.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL programming

Schematic understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or related STEM

Tools

AMD Xilinx Vivado

Altera Quartus

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD seeks a Principal Digital Engineer or Sr. Principal Digital Engineer to develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems within the SWDT Technologies Organization. This role emphasizes digital transformation, Agile practices, and collaboration across teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.