Staff Engineer Digital Communications - R10197216

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading defense technology company as a Staff Engineer in Digital Communications. You will be responsible for the research and design of innovative digital systems, collaborating in a team-oriented environment to push the boundaries of communication technology. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in digital communications, signal processing, and team leadership.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Health Insurance Coverage

Paid Time Off

Life and Disability Insurance

Annual Bonuses

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Hands-on experience in Digital Communications within last 3 years.
• Ability to lead teams through product implementation.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop digital designs for software defined radios.
• Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware meets requirements.

Skills

Digital Communication Systems

Signal Processing

Firmware Design

Education

Bachelors in Electrical, Computer or related Engineering discipline

Tools

Matlab

Simulink

Job description

Staff Engineer Digital Communications - R10197216

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Description

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. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Explore a career engineering what’s possible as a Digital Design Engineer in San Diego, CA.

What You'll Get To Do:

Our Advanced Digital Engineering organization creates the next generation of communications and signal processing systems and will take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world’s most advanced platforms. We bring design to life in our San Diego labs and have on-site advanced manufacturing just minutes from the beach Southern California is famous.

As a Digital Communications Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have an opportunity to be a part of an organization that is collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

We’re asking: are you ready to challenge the impossible and define possible? If you have hands-on experience in Digital Communication, apply today.

Roles And Responsibilities:

• Responsible for research, design, and development for digital designs associated with multi-function software defined radios, as well as automated test equipment
• Work with evaluation boards to test proposed designs
• Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system level requirements
• Review designs and analysis
• Proven ability to drive complex technical problems to closure
• Proven ability to lead product delivery
• May lead a team of technical engineers
  
  

This position is contingent upon program award and final clearance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 12 Years with Bachelors Degree in Electrical, Computer or related Engineering discipline with specialty in Digital Communications; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD.
• Experience in the design and development of digital communications systems including modulation, signal & receiver design, noise processes, detection, equalization, coding, synchronization, and multi-access communications
• Experience in Link budget development, modeling, and testing
• Matlab and Simulink modeling of digital comms systems and algorithms experience
• Hands-on experience in Digital Communications within the last 3 years
• Experience with leading teams through product implementation or demonstration
• Clearance: A final DoD Secret clearance is required to start with ability to obtain higher level clearances. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance is required.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Optimization of Matlab or Simulink code generated HDL and porting to FPGAs or ASICs
• Open air and/or flight testing of advanced communication systems
• Active/Current DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI
• Experience with Military Waveforms
• Waveform Algorithm Design and Decomposition
• Waveform ASIC Development
  
  

Salary Range: $188,200.00 - $282,200.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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