Manager Digital Engineering 1

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · San Diego, CA +1 · Engineering Mult-Func

Manager for a team of digital/VHDL engineers working on communications systems for defense programs like F-35 and F-22. The role involves both people management (staffing, performance reviews, career guidance) and technical contribution to programs.

What you'd actually do

  1. lead a section of approximately 10-15 digital/VHDL engineers
  2. lead direct report employees based on organizational goals, program activity, and company policies
  3. coordinating with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance reviews to employees, evaluating/recommending employees for promotions, evaluating salaries and coordinating with Human Resources on potential adjustments, assisting employees in preparing performance goals, providing career guidance to employees and counseling employees on their performance as necessary
  4. technical performer, working approximately 80% directly on programs involving communications systems within our F-35, F-22, CNI Production, Advanced Communications, or Small Forms Factors operating units (OU), representing our Engineering and Sciences organization
  5. support and be accountable for goals including: Cultivate an inclusive and engaging workplace. Ensure employees’ work life balance is appropriate. Workforce: maintain staff adequate to execute to program plans, as well as for strategic growth. Plan assignments and fill program need to ensure success, but which also offer growth to the individuals performing the work. Performance management: on an ongoing basis engage with staff to identify growth opportunities, deficiencies, appropriate training, etc. Execute to the Enterprise review cycle. Manage compensation and career progression. Support the creation, updating, and maintenance of digital engineering processes.

Skills

Required

  • BS + 5 years of exp in related STEM field; MS + 3 years of exp
  • Significant direct experience in the field of digital and VHDL engineering
  • excellent written and communication skills
  • work independently and within groups
  • facilitate/mediate in conflict resolution matters
  • working knowledge of the engineering development process, VHDL design and verification
  • active Secret Clearance
  • work on site at the Rancho Carmel facility

Nice to have

  • MS in Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field, with 8 or more years of technical experience
  • Current staffing on a program within the Communications Solutions (CS) Business Unit (BU)
  • Previous experience as a functional manager or technical team leader
  • Experience with VHDL design or advanced verification for FPGAs
  • Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Versal, Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale family of devices
  • Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim
  • Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure
  • Generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification
  • Experience with board RO system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
  • Experience with translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications
  • hands on experience with DoD communications systems
  • direct supervisory experience and/or significant team leadership (IPT lead)
  • Current direct program duties within the F-35, AC, or SF3C Operating Units
  • Familiarity with EVMS Reporting and CAM responsibilities
  • Familiarity with other organizational functions such as supply chain, procurement, logistics, and mission assurance
  • DOD Top Secret and SAR highly preferred
  • Knowledge of F-35 and F-22 communications systems and associated waveforms

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • active Secret Clearance
  • Secret Clearance