Principal Engineer Electrical
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 17, 2026. Northrop Grumman scores B on the Alion truth index.
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's Space Systems Sector has openings for a FPGA/ASIC Engineer - Level 3 to join our team in Gilbert, AZ.
As a FPGA/ASIC Engineer, you will be responsible for research, requirements analysis and systems architecture, design, coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis and place & route for our Command and Data Handling (C&DH) products. You will specialize in FPGA/ASIC for space applications.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
HDL design for FPGA and/or ASIC applications
FPGA/ASIC verification via simulation and emulation (lab testing)
FPGA/ASIC synthesis, timing analysis, and place & route
FPGA design for space environments or space applications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience, or 3 years of experience with a Master’s degree or 1 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Experience in RTL design for an aerospace environment or space application
Proficient in FPGA design flow including items such as RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
Industry experience in FPGA Design, Simulation and V&V
Preferred Qualifications:
Advance degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
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