Software Digital Tech Intern — FPGA & Logic

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; USD 8,200 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman invites students to join our Mission Systems sector in Rolling Meadows, IL as Software Digital Technology Engineers interns. You will engage in full life-cycle design of digital hardware while collaborating with experienced engineers on advanced mission solutions.

The role emphasizes digital design exposure, FPGA workflows (Vivado/Quartus), and programming with MATLAB, Python, and C/C++. A clear path to security clearance is noted, with generous internship pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree in CS/CE/EE; full-time in Fall 2027.
• Eligible to obtain a U.S. government security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
• Coursework in digital design (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage in full life-cycle design of digital electronic equipment and hardware systems.
• Design and develop digital logic for mission solutions.
• Gain hands-on exposure to programmable logic full life-cycle: design, simulation, implementation, verification, system integration.

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

CS/CE/EE major

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

FPGA development workflow

Job description

Northrop Grumman invites students to join our Mission Systems sector in Rolling Meadows, IL as Software Digital Technology Engineers interns. You will engage in full life-cycle design of digital hardware while collaborating with experienced engineers on advanced mission solutions.

The role emphasizes digital design exposure, FPGA workflows (Vivado/Quartus), and programming with MATLAB, Python, and C/C++. A clear path to security clearance is noted, with generous internship pay and benefits.