Senior Principal Digital Integration and Test Engineer

$139,700 - $209,500/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Senior

Linthicum Heights, MD

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Principal Digital Integration & Test (I&T) Engineer at Northrop Grumman is responsible for the testing of digital subsystems and products within the Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division. 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 the successful integration and testing of complex systems, while also contributing to innovative solutions that address significant challenges in space systems.

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, and support validation at the component, board and subsystem levels.
• Design, develop, create and modify Electric Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for I&T activities, including LabVIEW and AutoCAD.
• Lead and direct engineering teams during integration & test of digital subsystems and products.
• Design, develop, create and modify test scripts utilizing FPGAs, including TcL, Python scripts, and testexec.
• Assist Integrated Product team lead with test plan development, I&T schedule development, resource requirements and risk management.
• Work with members of multi-functional teams to develop innovative solutions.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional team members and document test procedures and reports.
• Interpret & influence higher level system I&T requirements and document I&T specifications for internal and external development teams.
• Evaluate and mitigate technical risk of I&T system requirements and implementations.
• Perform HW troubleshooting/debug skills and 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 8 years of experience, master's degree and 6 years of experience, or a Ph.D. with 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).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as a technical lead or in a similar leadership role with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• 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 clearance.
• 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 (Ethernet, PCIe, Interlaken, InfiniBand, etc.).
• 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.

Benefits

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