RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
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.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is searching for a Staff Digital Engineer in support of the Digital Technologies Department. This position is located onsite in Linthicum, MD.
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.
Providing direction and oversight to internal and external design teams
Working with internal program management to develop realistic estimates for development cost, risk and schedule
Developing architectures that are compatible with internal and industry standards
Working with interdisciplinary teams to develop a system architecture and allocating functionality to system components such as Single Board Computers, SoCs, mixed-signal ASICs, RF ICs and FPGAs
Architecting and modeling 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
"This position is contingent on anticipated funding."
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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 a 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…