2016 Fall Co-Op Technical - Software/Digital Design Engineering

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Processing Technologies department and have the opportunity to work on exciting projects such as Electronic Warfare, Radar, Space, and International systems. Work may focus on digital design (FPGA, ASIC, etc) and/or embedded software development. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers and other developers.

• Full life cycle product development on a variety of architectures and target hardware platforms
• Applications include real-time sensor control, target class/detect/tracking, data acquisition and analysis, digital signal processing, networks and communications/security, intelligence data cross correlation, image processing, reverse engineering, artificial intelligence, database management, GUI development, programmable logic device (PLD, CPLD, EPLD, FPGA) design, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design, and digital & mixed signal subsystem design
• Utilizing software engineering technologies such as Object Oriented Design/Programming, Client-Server Distributed Architectures, Service Oriented Architectures, C/C++, C#, Java, Java Enterprise Ediction, Embedded Real-time Development, Database Design, Web Technologies, .NET, and the Unix, Linux, Windows, VxWorks, and Mercury Operating Systems
• Utilizing digital design technologies such as VHDL / Verilog Coding, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Interfaces, Advanced Verification, Modeling, and Simulation

Basic Qualifications:

A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be a student who is enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university
• Be majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher (unofficial academic transcripts must be provided at time of application by uploading the documents to your application or profile)
• Be available to work full-time during 2016 fall semester
• Be able to register with their respective college/university co-op office
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.70/4.0 or higher
• Experience with model-driven engineering
• Previous internship/co-op experience
• Demonstrated leadership & teamwork capabilities
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Participation and leadership in professional/community/extracurricular activities