Digital ASIC (RTL) Design Engineer

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems' Electrical Devices and Integrated Circuit (EDIC) design organization is responsible for enabling discriminating system capability with the design of full-custom mixed signal ICs and RFICs. In support of that capability, we are seeking a Principal Digital ASIC Design Engineer for design and implementation of the digital cores of these circuits using a top-down automated design flow.

The ideal candidate will have experience of full custom ASIC design, but we would consider applicants with FPGA experience who would like to move into the IC field. The digital content of our chips is relatively small but growing so we need people who can take responsibility for the entire function from specification to production test. Must be comfortable working in a project team comprising multiple skill sets while being accountable for their individual contribution.

This position may be filled at an Engineer level (T02), or a Principal Engineering (T03):

Level T02

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 2 years of relevant experience with B.S., none required with Masters
• Writing and Maintaining Design Specifications
• RTL Coding using VHDL or Verilog languages
• Digital RTL design (Verilog,Innovus,ModelSim,QuestaSim )
• Design and coding of test benches to verify correct functionality
• Familiarity with Cadence tools would be advantageous including but not limited to:
  
  • Xcelium for simulation and verification
  • Jasper or Conformal for Formal verification
  • Genus for synthesis
  • Tempus for static timing analysis
• Eligible for a Secret or higher security clearance

Level T03

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.
• Writing and Maintaining Design Specifications
• Digital RTL design (Verilog,Innovus,ModelSim,QuestaSim )
• RTL Coding using VHDL or Verilog languages
• Our tool flow is Cadence based using
  
  • Design verification using Cadence tools such as Xcelium
  • Formal Verification using tools such as Jasper or Conformal
  • Synthesis using Genus
  • Static Timing Analysis using Tempus
• Able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance per business requirements. US Citizenship is a requirement of this.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Delivery of multiple verified digital IC designs
• Experience following a formal design process with checkpoint reviews
• Familiarity with revision control and EDA standard formats used in cell/library development and modeling
• Strong design automation skills
• Current security clearance

Salary Range: $78,600.00 - $118,000.00Salary Range 2: $96,900.00 - $145,300.00

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to basepay. 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/orpersonal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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.