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Staff Digital Engineer

Northrop Grumman • Linthicum Heights, MD • 4h ago

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

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 Processing, Digital Receivers, Direct Digital Waveform Generation, Software Defined Radio, SWAP Constrained Processor, Embedded Networking

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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.

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.

Job Category: Engineering

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