Principal Digital Engineer
Northrop Grumman · Woodland Hills
- Pay
- $125,300-$187,900/year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Category
- Tech & Engineering
- Neighborhood
- Woodland Hills
- Posted
- August 17, 2026 (Aug 17)
- Last verified
- October 2, 2026
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available | CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes | CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret | TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Digital Engineer in Woodland Hills, CA. You will be responsible for design and verification of digital systems on a safety-critical development program, working on navigation, video & cockpit products.
What You'll Get to Do
- Design and verify digital systems on safety-critical development programs
- Interface with development program leads, senior scientists, engineering and manufacturing organizations throughout the program lifecycle
- Integrate appropriate requirements, processes, procedures and tools for next-generation navigation, video & cockpit products
- Work in a Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile environment
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in STEM + 5 years experience; Master's + 3 years; PhD + 1 year
- Experience with High-Speed Digital Design and Verification
- Experience with FPGA/SOC/ASIC implementation (VHDL/Verilog, Synthesis, Timing Closure)
- Experience with design processes including requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, and verification
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance required
- Must work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with V&V technologies (SystemVerilog, UVM, Hardware-In-Loop)
- Knowledge of Computer Architecture (Bus standards, Interrupts, Memory)
- Experience with Model-based Engineering (MATLAB, Simulink)
- Experience with Sensors and Digital Signal Processing
- Cost Account Management (CAM) experience
- Experience with safety critical designs (DO-254)
Salary Range
$125,300–$187,900/year. Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid holidays and PTO.
This listing comes from Northrop Grumman's own careers feed and was last verified against it on October 2, 2026. Stale listings are removed automatically.
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$125,300-$187,900/year