Staff Digital Design Engineer — Space Systems (On Site)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 186,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a Staff Digital Design Engineer to develop digital hardware for space platforms.

You will design, verify, and test circuits, including FPGAs and high-speed interfaces, while guiding project direction and mentoring junior engineers. The role demands a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with substantial digital design experience, US citizenship, and 100% on-site work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or similar
• Minimum 12 years of digital electronics design experience or 10 years with a Master's
• Digital circuit design experience with interfaces such as Spacewire, Ethernet, RS-422, SERDES, FPGAs, LVDS
• Hands-on prototyping and debugging complex digital subsystems with FPGAs or embedded processors

Responsibilities

• Design digital hardware, perform verification and testing
• Guide technical direction of programs and lead teams
• Translate system requirements into hardware requirements and tests
• Collaborate with cross-domain engineers to deliver final products
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate across all organizational levels

Skills

Digital electronics design

Leadership & mentoring

System requirements translation

Team collaboration

Communication with stakeholders

On-site work discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Siemens Xpedition

HyperLynx/Keysight ADS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a Staff Digital Design Engineer to develop digital hardware for space platforms.

You will design, verify, and test circuits, including FPGAs and high-speed interfaces, while guiding project direction and mentoring junior engineers. The role demands a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with substantial digital design experience, US citizenship, and 100% on-site work.