Principal/ Sr. Principal Digital Verification Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 125,300 - 187,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking a Principal Digital Verification Engineer or Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer for its San Diego, CA campus. The role involves defining verification frameworks for software-defined radio systems and requires experience in VHDL design and verification methodologies.

Successful candidates will possess strong analytical skills and the ability to prioritize tasks. The position offers a competitive salary range from $125,300 to $234,600 depending on experience level.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital verification engineering experience using industry-standard simulation tools.
• Experience in VHDL design and verification methodologies for DoD communications systems.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain digital logic design verification frameworks.
• Develop a verification plan based on design specifications.
• Analyze and debug simulation failures.

Skills

Digital verification engineering

VHDL design and verification

FPGA design

Simulation tools

Analytical skills

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM discipline

Tools

Siemens Questa Simulator

OSVVM

Scripting languages (Perl, TCL, Bash, Makefile)

Job description

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret.

Travel: Yes, up to 10% of the time.

Location: San Diego, CA (Northrop Grumman San Diego campus).

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Digital Verification Engineer or Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain digital logic design verification frameworks and architectures for software‑defined radio systems.
• Develop a verification plan based on digital logic design requirements and design specifications.
• Simulate and verify FPGA logic designs, requirements, and perform system validation.
• Analyze and debug simulation failures, determine root causes of bugs, and work with designers to resolve issues.
• Perform regression testing and generate verification metrics and reporting.
• Operate in a team environment with 5‑7 engineers.

Basic Qualifications – Principal

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM discipline.
• 5+ years of digital verification engineering experience using industry‑standard simulation tools (3+ years with an MS degree; 1+ years with PhD).
• Experience in VHDL design and verification methodologies for DoD communications systems.
• FPGA deployable product process experience (requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, and production release).
• Experience developing verification plans, functional tests, test benches, and bus functional models.
• Experience with forecasting and estimating schedules for assigned tasks.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills and the ability to prioritize assignments according to program goals.
• Experience using Siemens Questa Simulator.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

Basic Qualifications – Senior Principal

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM discipline.
• 8+ years of digital verification engineering experience using industry‑standard simulation tools (6+ years with an MS degree; 4+ years with PhD).
• Experience in VHDL design and verification methodologies for DoD communications systems.
• FPGA deployable product process experience (requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, and production release).
• Experience developing verification plans, functional tests, test benches, and bus functional models.
• Experience with forecasting and estimating schedules for assigned tasks.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills and the ability to prioritize assignments according to program goals.
• Experience using Siemens Questa Simulator.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Security Clearance.
• Experience with functional verification methodology using OSVVM for the full life cycle of products.
• Experience with scripting languages for Verification automation in a Linux environment (Perl, TCL, Bash, and Makefile).
• Experience using Siemens formal applications such as Lint, Inspect, and CDC.
• Ability to hold special access program clearances.

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $125,300.00 – $187,900.00. Secondary Level Salary Range: $156,400.00 – $234,600.00.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long‑term incentives for VP/Director positions.

Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off (vacation and/or personal business).

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.