Principal Electronics Engineer or Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer Apopka, FL

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 Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer or a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer. The selected candidate will report to the Northrop Grumman site in Apopka, FL .

What You'll Get To Do:

You will have opportunities to support the design, integration, test, and production of laser and electro-optical, network and communication systems.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Developing complex programmable logic code/VHDL designs and generating design requirements and test documentation

  • FPGA programming and hardware testing and debugging

  • Supporting the generation of detailed electronic schematics, CCA drawings, and bill of materials (BOMs) for electronic designs

  • Supporting other engineering disciplines in the integration and test of electronic systems

  • Generating engineering change notices (ECN), updating models / drawings, and releasing appropriate documentation into Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) databases

  • Performing root cause corrective action (RCCA) for hardware failures

  • Performing work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team; perform successfully in a fast-paced, work environment.

"This requisition may be filled as a Principal Electronics Engineer or a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer based on the qualifications listed below."

Basic Qualifications for Principal Electronics Engineer:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 5 years of relevant, professional experience or a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 3 years of relevant, professional experience

  • US Citizenship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

  • Experience in full FPGA design flow including generating design requirements, performing RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis, writing test benches and performing formal code verification

  • FPGA architecture and design experience with Microchip, AMD (Xilinx) and/or Intel (Altera) FPGAs and their application environments

  • Experience with circuit board level debugging of FPGAs

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 9 years of relevant, professional experience or a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline and a minimum of 7 years of relevant, professional experience

  • US Citizenship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

  • Experience in full FPGA design flow including generating design requirements, performing RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis, writing test benches and performing formal code verification

  • FPGA architecture and design experience with Microchip, AMD (Xilinx) and/or Intel (Altera) FPGAs and their application environments

  • Experience with circuit board level debugging of FPGAs

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Degree in Engineering is preferred

  • Experience translating higher assembly level requirements into programmable logic design requirements

  • Experience writing FPGA physical constraints and solving complex FPGA timing issues

  • Experience with MATLAB and Simulink

  • Experience writing programmable logic code for serial interface protocols (I2C, SPI, UART)

  • Experience using vendor supplied IP cores in programmable logic designs

  • Circuit design, integration, test and troubleshooting experience

  • Experience performing electrical component selection and part obsolescence BOM reviews

  • Experience with hand soldering, assembling, and repairing wire harnesses and other electronic assemblies

  • Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications

  • Experience with military vehicle and aircraft standards and specifications

Salary Range: $90,400 - $135,600

Salary Range 2: $112,000 - $168,000

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.