Digital Engineer/Principal Digital Engineer
Northrop Grumman
- Location
- United States-California-McClellan
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Principal
- Posted
- Aug 14, 2026
Skills
About this role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: SAP 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. 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. We are looking for you to join our team as a Digital Engineer or Principal Digital Engineer based in McClellan, CA . The Northrop Grumman Northern California campus our Advanced Digital Design organization creates the next generation of communications and signal processing systems and will take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world’s most advanced platforms. We offer a wide variety of professional development opportunities, mentorship by senior engineers, and access to cutting-edge tools and technologies like Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Software-Defined Radios (SDRs). We seek degreed electrical or computer engineering engineers with hands-on experience in FPGA Design and Verification with VHDL. Roles and Responsibilities: Responsible for research, design, and development for digital designs associated with multi-function software defined radios Work with evaluation boards to test proposed designs Support the implementation of digital FPGA hardware architecture and algorithms Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure firmware design meets system level requirements Review designs and analysis Basic Qualifications for Digital Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a master’s degree Must be a US Citizen in order to meet the security clearance requirement Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance FPGA design experience with VHDL or Verilog Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools such as Vivado and QuestaSim Basic Qualifications for Principle Digital Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of experience Must be a US Citizen in order to meet the security clearance requirement Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance FPGA design experience with VHDL or Verilog Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools such as Vivado and QuestaSim Preferred Qualifications for Digital and