Principal Fpga/asic Engineer - Level 3

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Gilbert, AZ +1 · Electrical

Principal FPGA/ASIC Engineer for Command and Data Handling (C&DH) products in the aerospace sector, focusing on research, design, coding, verification, synthesis, and place & route for FPGA/ASIC applications in space environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. HDL design for FPGA and/or ASIC applications
  2. FPGA/ASIC verification via simulation and emulation (lab testing)
  3. FPGA/ASIC synthesis, timing analysis, and place & route
  4. FPGA design for space environments or space applications

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of FPGA design experience OR Master’s degree with 3+ years OR Ph.D. with 1+ year
  • Prior work experience in HDL design for an aerospace environment or space application
  • Proficiency in FPGA design flow including RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
  • Industry experience in FPGA Design, Simulation and V&V
  • Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain an active DoD Top Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Advance degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • Active DoD Top Secret clearance
  • Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools (e.g., Xilinx ISE/Vivado, Mentor Graphics ModelSim/QuestaSim, Synplify)
  • Implementation of Digital Signal or Image Processing algorithms on FPGAs
  • Expertise achieving timing closure on FPGA designs and generating test benches for full functional simulation
  • Experience working with or developing test benches using System Verilog and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
  • Experience debugging down to the hardware level with experience using Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, Digital Oscilloscopes and Embedded FPGA Debugging tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be able and willing to obtain and maintain an active DoD Top Secret clearance