Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer- OKC (AHT) at Northrop Grumman

Requisition ID: R10156497

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Positions Available: 1

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.

Are you ready to put your years of experience to work at Northrop Grumman? If so, our Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer to join our growing team in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

You will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Systems and Software Solutions (S&SS). S&SS provides sustainment support for the US Air Force B-1, KC-135, and numerous other Government platforms. Our team members complete engineering, reverse engineering, and logistics solution efforts to solve complex obsolescence problems and ensure warfighter supportability.

      

You will support the Lead Engineer in execution of various program activities, to include Test system design and evaluation, design and development of communication, flight controls, navigation, radar, avionics, power and/or electrical systems architecture, components, circuits, and products or aircraft maintenance. The position will research, develop, design, and test electrical components, equipment, systems, and products for defense or commercial systems.

Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions

• Documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for software systems

• Development and maintains code and integrate software components into a fully functional software system

• Development software verification plans, test procedures and test environments, executing the test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software system requirements are met

• Assists with test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software system requirements are met

• Design, model, and document the logical and conceptual relationship of data and database changes for metrics and analytics

• Effectively generating ideas and supporting building data tools to effectively automate analysis processes and repetitive tasks

• Interpret data and analyze results using statistical and analytical techniques to provide ongoing reports and visualizations

• Requirement gathering, design, code, and test new software or modify existing software to add new features

• Ensures software standards are met

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have at least one of the following:

  • A bachelor’s degree in software engineering or related discipline with a minimum of 9 years of engineering experience

  • A master’s degree in software engineering or related discipline with a minimum of 7 years of engineering experience

  • A PhD degree in software engineering or related discipline with a minimum of 4 years of engineering experience

• FPGA design experience with HDL (VHDL/Verilog) and HVL (SystemVerilog), SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA), UVM for FPGAs, CPLDs and/or ASICs

• Ability to work in teams and communicate clearly across various levels of engineers

• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into programmable logic requirements, design, and test specifications

• US Citizenship and must have interim secret clearance prior to starting

• Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret DoD Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience in HDL (VHDL/Verilog) and HVL (SystemVerilog), SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA), UVM for PLDs, FPGAs, and/or ASICs

• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools: Mentor Graphics ModelSim/QuestaSim, Xilinx, Altera/Intel

• Experience achieving timing closure on FPGA designs

• Experience in Microprocessor (PowerPC, Intel–based, SoC) designs

• Implementation of Digital Signal or Image Processing algorithms on FPGAs

• Experience developing in MATLAB/Simulink

• Experience with high level programming languages (Python, C#, C/C++, etc)

• Experience with automated testing

• A strong team player who can work independently

• Active DOD Secret Clearance

Salary Range: $108,900 - $163,300
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.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.