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Staff Engineer Digital

In Person (Manhattan Beach, California, United States of America)
Full Time
$188,200 – $282,200

Location:
Manhattan Beach, California, United States of America

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level by challenging your knowledge and expertise of digital products? 
The Digital Products Department (part of NG Strategic Space Systems) in Manhattan Beach, CA is seeking a talented Staff Engineer Digital. This person will be required to (but not limited to) develop, test, and integrate complex digital hardware and support test systems for spacecraft flight programs. In addition, system and unit verification experience is desired for the candidate to perform adequately in programs.

Please be aware that this position will also be contingent upon capturing program award and obtaining customer funding.*


If your passion lies within Design Engineering and creating new digital products end to end keep reading…
As part of this team, you will have the opportunity to leverage your knowledge and expertise to: 
•    Develop Conceptual Designs
•    Create Circuit Designs and analysis 
•    Develop unit level Architecture, manufacturing, assembly and test
•    Unit level verification
•    Coding in VHDL
•    Design Verification 
•    Requirements development

•    Lead an IPT or a team in a technical program environment and manage schedule and budget
We also provide opportunities to support other areas of interest within digital engineering as they become available. 
 

Basic Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) field, 12+ years of relevant experience in digital engineering or Master’s degree in STEM field with 10+ years of relevant experience in digital engineering or 8+ years of relevant experience in digital engineering with PhD

  • Must also have experience in the following areas

    Circuit design and analysis

    Digital communications 

    Digital signal processing 

    Network routing and/or switching applications

    Embedded processors

    Unit level verification experience of digital hardware for Aerospace application

    Digital board design, digital board/unit verification 

    Experience in working in an engineering environment dealing with design, manufacturing and hardware troubleshooting

    Experience in digital engineering analysis such as Power Distribution, Timing, interface compatibility, signal integrity and derating/stress 

    Experience in hands on lab experience such as test labs working on test requirements, environmental test definitions

    Experience in different stages of design reviews 

•    The ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance and/or program access  
•    Experience in working in a team environment
•    Excellent communication and writing skills

•    Experience leading a group of teams or IPT in a technical program environment, working with the current and forecasted budget and schedule

 Preferred Qualifications: 

•    STEM Master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering field  
•    In addition to basic qualifications, the following experience would be a plus:
•       Hands-on lab experience is highly desired. 
•    Experience with FPGA design
•    Experience in parts selection and managing parts procurement
•    7+ years of design engineering experience listed above in Space Flight hardware or programs.

Please be aware that this position will also be contingent upon capturing program award and obtaining customer funding.*