Circuit Design Support Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the time.

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 seek an Integrated Circuit (IC) Design CAD Support Engineer to support the EDA/CAD tools required to design and layout analog and digital circuits. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting a variety of analog and digital design flows including Cadence design tools, Innovus, scripting languages (PERL, Python, TCL, etc), and Linux/Unix.

This role is 100% onsite in Linthicum or Annapolis Junction, MD.

• Close interaction and collaboration with the analog and digital design engineers.
• Provide CAD tool support and methodology training to design team.
• Enable and improve design and verification flows.
• Support tapeout milestones and IP macro releases.
• Champion and implement best practices and task automation.
• Write scripts to support CAD capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical area (BSEE or other Engineering discipline preferred) with 5 years of relevant experience (3 years with a MS, 0 years with a PhD).
• Solid knowledge of the Cadence design tools, particularly the Virtuoso Schematic, Layout, and ADE (Spectre preferred) environment.
• Experience generating and developing scripts within a CAD environment (SKILL, Ocean, Python, PERL, Linux/Unix shell, etc.).
• US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Experience interfacing with engineers and managers, in addition to vendor application engineers.
• Solid interpersonal and team skills for cross‑functional collaboration, high attention to detail, ability to self‑check work outputs, and ability to lead technical tasks.
• Hands‑on experience with industry standard tools including (but not limited to):
  • Calibre physical verification tools (DRC, LVS, PERC, etc.).
  • Layout parasitic extraction tools (Cadence Quantus, etc.).
• Experience with revision control software (Keysight [formerly Cliosoft] SOS).
• Experience with Cadence Innovus (a plus).
• Strong analysis, design, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $. 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. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit  U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.