2025 Associate Digital Engineer/ Digital Engineer – Linthicum MD/Annapolis Junction MD

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is a leading global provider of secure software-defined, hardware enabled mission systems. Our company is pioneering capabilities in a wide variety of sectors that keep our nation and our allies safe from undersea to space and cyberspace.

NG Microelectronics Center is seeking a Digital Engineer to support product design. We are seeking engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative organization to help develop, enhance and maintain complex designs on cutting edge products and systems.

Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

The selected individual will work on digital designs across the full product life cycle. In this capacity, you will work as part of a multi-disciplined team to define, design, and build digital systems.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking Digital Engineers to join our team of innovative, diverse individuals at our Linthicum, MD/Annapolis Junction, MD location. 

This position requires work onsite at our Advanced Technologies Lab located in Linthicum, MD.

Responsibilities:

• Circuit behavioral coding in Verilog, System Verilog or VHDL RTL
• Circuit synthesis, formal verification, and static timing using state of the art digital ASIC design tools
• Developing verification plans based on requirements of the circuit and creating circuit functional test benches in RTL
• Generating manufacturing test vectors and manufacturing circuit test plan
• Help to develop automated procedures to streamline digital design procedures

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical area (BSEE or other Engineering discipline)
• Digital electronics coursework including logic design and analysis
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively to team members both verbally and in writing
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
• Able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance per business requirements. US Citizenship is a requirement of this.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in RTL coding in System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL
• Knowledge of the front-end ASIC design process from RTL to gates (RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, static timing analysis, logic equivalence, DFT insertion)
• Familiarity with electronic test hardware (O-scopes, network analyzers, signal generators, etc...) 
• Experience in at least one of MATLAB, Python, C, or C++
• Experience with test automation and data analysis in MATLAB
• Experience with digital logic test automation
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Salary Range Level 1: $75,700 - $113,500

Salary Range Level 2: $91,600 - $137,400

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Salary Range: $75,700.00 - $137,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.