Principal Digital Verification Engineer/Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Digital Verification Engineer/Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD or Morrisville, NC.

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Digital Engineer or a Senior Principal Digital Engineer.

What You’ll get to Do:

As an integral part of our cross-discipline engineering team in Mission Systems that encompasses Digital Verification Engineering to support ASIC and FPGA product development.

• Work closely with design and verification engineers and will utilize your knowledge of modern verification methods, tools and techniques.

• Perform functional verification of register transfer level (RTL) code of a complex ASIC at block level and SOC level using UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) and SystemVerilogl.

• Development of testbench, tests, verification IP (VIP), verification models, coverage models, extensive simulation and debug, code coverage and functional coverage, generation and analysis of reports and metrics, documentation etc.

• Ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the different teams as required to accomplish the goals.

This position is contingent upon contract award, the ability to obtain or maintain an active DoD Secret clearance with Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start.

Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 0 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• U.S Citizenship is required.

• The ability to obtain/maintain an Active DoD secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start is required

• Knowledge of UVM

• Experience developing testplans, participating in reviews, test development and RTL debug

Senior Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 3 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• U.S Citizenship is required

• The ability to obtain/maintain an Active DoD secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start is required.

• Knowledge of UVM

• Experience developing testplans, participating in reviews, test development and RTL debug

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree with at least 3+ years of professional experience in related industry

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher with SAP Access and or SCI eligibility

• Experience with data structures, object oriented programming languages and concepts

• Experience with Verification IP integration and/or development

• Experience with a coverage-driven verification methodology from planning through closure

• Knowledge of industry standard bus or I/O interfaces

• Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)

• FPGA/ASIC design and/or development process experience

• Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Perl, Python, Tcl, Makefile)

• Knowledge of digital signal processing

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 

• 401k 

• Educational Assistance 

• Life Insurance 

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions 

• Paid Time Off 

• Health & Wellness Resources 

• Employee Discounts  

Link to Benefits: https://totalrewards.northropgrumman.com/  

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.