Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Engineer (FPGA)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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.

NG Microelectronics Center is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Digital Engineer (FPGA) in Beavercreek, OH (Dayton, OH) to support architecture definition and product design.

We are seeking engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative organization to help develop, enhance and maintain FPGA designs on cutting edge products and systems.

The selected individual will work on FPGA design across the full product life cycle process.

In this capacity, you will utilize your working knowledge of RTL and digital interfaces.

The ideal candidate will have experience with:

+ RTL modeling and simulation
+ Full FPGA design flow
+ FPGA integration into custom hardware
+ FPGA debugging, timing analysis, and optimization techniques
+ Verilog

**Are you seeking a challenging role with a strong cross discipline team?

Come define possible with us in Beavercreek, OH!**

_This position can be filled as a Principal FPGA Digital Engineer or Senior Principal FPGA Digital Engineer._

**Basic Qualifications for Principal FPGA Digital Engineer:**

+ Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, technology, engineering, or related discipline with at least 5 years of experience; 3 years with Masters Degree; OR 0 years with a PhD
+ Demonstrated proficiency in RTL modeling and simulation (experience within past 3 years)
+ Demonstrated proficiency with FPGA device(s) (experience within past 3 years)
+ Must be a US Citizen
+ **Clearance** : Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary level of US Government security clearance per customer requirements

**Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal FPGA Digital Engineer:**

+ Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, technology, engineering, or related discipline with at least 8 years of experience; 6 years with Masters Degree; OR 4 years with a PhD
+ Demonstrated proficiency in RTL modeling and simulation (experience within past 3 years)
+ Demonstrated proficiency with FPGA device(s) (experience within past 3 years)
+ Must be a US Citizen
+ **Clearance** : Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary level of US Government security clearance per customer requirements

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Experience with SystemVerilog
+ Experience with AMD/Xilinx Versal, Ultrascale, or Zynq families of devices.
+ Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools: Vivado, Xcelium
+ Experience with scripting languages (Tcl, Bash, Python)
+ Experience with High-Speed Serdes interfaces.
+ Experience with industry standard bus or I/O interfaces.
+ Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
+ Active Top Secret SCI security clearance
+ MS in Electrical Engineering or comparable discipline

Primary Level Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

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.

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