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Principal Engineer Electrical

Northrop GrummanGilbert, AZFull-time$98,400.00 - $147,600.00

This position supports Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems organization by taking FPGA and ASIC designs from requirements and architecture through coding, verification, and physical implementation. The engineer will create RTL and test environments, perform simulation and lab-based validation, and address synthesis, timing, power, and place-and-route objectives. The work is focused on reliable digital electronics for spacecraft and other space environments. It is well suited to an experienced electrical or computer engineer with aerospace FPGA design expertise and a strong understanding of end-to-end development flows. Experience with EDA tools, SystemVerilog/UVM, signal processing, and hardware debugging would be valuable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field plus 5 years of experience, or an equivalent advanced-degree experience combinationExperience designing RTL for aerospace or space applicationsProficiency with FPGA design processes including simulation, synthesis, place and route, timing, and power analysisIndustry experience in FPGA design, simulation, verification, and validationExperience with FPGA EDA tools such as Vivado, ModelSim/QuestaSim, or SynplifyAbility to support hardware-level debugging using laboratory instrumentation
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