NGSS engineers share a great sense of pride knowing their contributions have a direct effect on the safety and security of the country and its allies. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, teamwork, and bringing your whole self to work to accomplish the mission while learning and having fun along the way. Our department is fertile ground for all experience levels to become part of our growing team and contribute to our goals. The department offers opportunities to grow on a technical track both broad and deep as well as explore project leadership or management positions.
EDA is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Design Engineer responsible for the design, development and test of space hardware products. Expertise in digital circuit design, modeling and simulation, verification and test, and project leadership are desired for this position. Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications. This position supports our Payload and Ground Systems Division, and Remote Sensing Programs (RSP) Business Unit in Linthicum, MD.
This is an on-site role
Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or comparable STEM degree minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience (3 years with MS degree; 0 years with PhD)
* Experience in digital circuit design, schematic capture, and PWB/board layout and analysis tools
* Completed a board design from schematic capture to drawing release
* Experience with testing and using lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, spectrum analyzers)
* Be able to work on multi-discipline engineering teams and communicate clearly within integrated product team leads
* Easily adapt to design challenges to meet program goals and deadlines
* Experience with Mentor graphics Xpedition, Hyperlynx
* No clearance is required to start, but candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret clearance with SCI
* US Citizenship is required
Senior Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or comparable STEM degree minimum of 8 years of relevant engineering experience (6 years with MS degree; 3 years with PhD)
* Proficient in digital circuit design, schematic capture, and PWB/board layout and analysis tools
* Completed multiple board designs from schematic capture to drawing release
* Experience with testing and using lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, spectrum analyzers)
* Demonstrated project leadership by leading a design or overseeing a team to complete a design
* Experienced with signal and power integrity analysis
* Be able to work on multi-discipline engineering teams and communicate clearly within integrated product team leads
* Easily adapt to design challenges to meet program goals and deadlines
* Proficient in Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Hyperlynx
* No clearance is required to start, but candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret clearance with SCI
* US Citizenship is required
Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred years of experience: 10+ years
* Top Secret / SCI security clearance
* Proficient in signal integrity analysis (SERDES, Bit error rates, jitter components and contributors, board to board analysis)
* Proficient in power integrity analysis
* Experience in Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA)
* Proficient in design and analysis tools: Keysight ADS
Salary Range: $112,600 - $169,000
Salary Range 2: $139,700 - $209,500
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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.