Principal Digital Integration and Test Engineer

$112,600 - $169,000/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Linthicum Heights, MD

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Digital Integration & Test (I&T) Engineer at Northrop Grumman is responsible for the testing of digital subsystems and products within the Remote Sensing Program (RSP) Business Unit. This role involves designing and developing advanced digital subsystems used in various applications such as radar and electronic warfare. The engineer will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure successful integration and testing of digital products, while also contributing to innovative solutions and documentation of test procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide or present I&T tests and/or plans, activities or status at program technical reviews or other technical meetings
• Develop I&T Verification and Validation matrices of processing subsystem, board designs and FPGA logic designs based on compliance requirements
• Design, develop, creation and modification of Electric Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for I&T activities
• Lead and direct engineering teams during integration & test of digital subsystems and products
• Design, develop, creation and modification of test scripts utilizing FPGAs
• Assist Integrated Product team lead with test plan development, I&T schedule development, resources requirements and risk management
• Work with members of multi-functional teams to develop innovative solutions
• Clear and effective communication to cross-functional team members
• Documentation of test procedures and reports
• Interpret & influence higher level system I&T requirements
• Document I&T specifications for internal and external development teams
• Evaluate and mitigate technical risk of I&T system requirements and implementations
• HW troubleshooting/debug skills and ability to read/understand electrical schematics
• Work with lab resource team and network administrator to define lab requirements and develop lab setup

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM-related discipline with 5 years of experience, or master's degree and 3 years of experience
• Experience with the use of various FPGAs or the development of HDL (Verilog and VHDL) code within the corresponding Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret security clearance

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as technical lead or other similar leadership role
• Experience translating customer requirements and/or functional block diagrams into realized I&T test plans, procedures or test scripts
• Fluency with developing and executing technical development plans
• Basic understanding of the Design, Manufacturing, and Test process
• Problem-solving experience in a team environment
• Active TS/SCI
• Digital test and Digital test requirements development experience
• Deep technical skills covering subsystem (box/LRU level), ASIC, FPGA and/or board design and troubleshooting skills
• Embedded networking or high-speed protocols experience
• Interest in mentoring/teaching/growing junior engineers
• Some signal processing familiarity
• Experience with scripting languages such as TCL, Python or Perl
• Experience Integrating a system containing digital hardware, software and firmware
• Ability to multi-task and apply good time management

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business