Staff Digital Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 185,900 - 278,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Eligible for bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced candidates for a role focused on digital subsystem development, requiring a Bachelor's in Engineering and extensive experience. Responsibilities include engaging with teams to oversee system architecture and mentor engineers.

With a competitive salary range of $185,900 to $278,900, the position also offers eligibility for bonuses and benefits like health insurance, paid time off, and more.

Qualifications

• 12 years of related experience, or MS Degree with 10 years, or PhD with 8 years.
• Must have a current/active Secret Clearance.
• 10 years experience in developing digital subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Engage with management and customers to understand objectives.
• Provide direction to design teams.
• Develop realistic estimates for development cost and schedule.

Skills

Collaboration with engineering and customers

Digital Signal Processing

Technical oversight

Architecture development

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Matlab

Python

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes. CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret. TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history—from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

What You'll Get To Do

• Engage with management and customers to understand objectives, collaborate with engineering and suppliers to formulate solutions, decompose and specify modules and perform technical oversight for design, development and integration and test of digital subsystems and their components.
• Provide direction and oversight to internal and external design teams.
• Work with internal program management to develop realistic estimates for development cost, risk and schedule.
• Develop architectures that are compatible with internal and industry standards.
• Work with interdisciplinary teams to develop a system architecture and allocate functionality to system components such as Single Board Computers, SoCs, mixed-signal ASICs, RF ICs and FPGAs.
• Architect and model Digital Signal Processing algorithms and systems targeting Embedded Processors, ASIC and FPGA implementation.
• Implement DSP algorithms in Matlab/Python or other higher-level languages.
• Perform trade studies to optimize aspects of system performance such as size, weight, power, dynamic range, latency, throughput, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Apply and drive improvement of internal engineering processes.
• Collaborate with Systems, Software, RF, Security, and Platform architects to define the overall architecture to meet the product requirements.
• Creating subsystem requirement specifications and directing designers.
• Developing integration and test plans for subsystems.
• Collaborating with design and implementation teams to ensure requirements are met on schedule and within budget.
• Monitor and participate in the development of industry standards.
• Supporting Digital Managers and Program Managers in business capture activities, as needed.
• Mentor and provide knowledge sharing to engineers of all skill levels.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
• 12 years of professional/related experience, or MS Degree and 10 years of related experience, or PhD and 8 years of related experience.
• Must have a current/active Secret Clearance.
• Secret Clearance is required to start.
• Must be able to obtain a Special Program Access (SAP).
• Must be able to maintain this level of clearance and Special Program Access for continued employment.
• Must have 10 years experience in developing digital subsystems.
• Must have 8 years experience in a leadership capacity.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS Degree.
• Defense and Aerospace product design and development experience.
• Active and current Top Secret government clearance.
• Experience developing electronic subsystems, circuit boards, ASICs and/or FPGAs for aerospace and defense applications.
• Domain knowledge and experience in some of the following or similar areas: Radar, Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Receivers, Direct Digital Waveform Generation, Software Defined Radio, SWAP Constrained Processor, Embedded Networking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Salary

Primary Level Salary Range: $185,900.00 - $278,900.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Benefits

Eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Eligible for Long Term Incentives in certain positions. Health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.