Principal Digital Verification Engineer
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Digital Technologies Group, is seeking Digital Verification Engineers to support ASIC and FPGA product development. In this capacity, you will work closely with design and verification engineers and will utilize your knowledge of modern verification methods, tools and techniques. The individual will 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 SystemVerilog and Cadence Xcelium simulation tool. This task includes but not limited to 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. This candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the different teams as required to accomplish the goals.
This position is located in Linthicum, MD.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other comparable engineering discipline
- 5+ years of digital verification engineering experience using industry standard simulation tools (3+ years with an MS degree; 0+ years with PhD)
- Knowledge of UVM
- Experience developing testplans, participating in reviews, test development and RTL debug
- An ACTIVE DoD Security Clearance at the Secret Level (or higher)
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS in Electrical Engineering or comparable engineering discipline
- 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
Salary Range: $96,600.00 - $144,900.00
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to basepay. 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/orpersonal business.
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/), we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022, or by your start date if it is after January 18. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.
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