Secret-Cleared FPGA Digital Verification Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 125,300 - 234,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU) in San Diego, CA, seeks Principal or Sr. Principal Digital Verification Engineer to define and maintain verification frameworks for software-defined radios and FPGA designs.

This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. You will join a team of 5–7 engineers, contribute to advanced radios, and may receive relocation assistance. Salary bands reflect primary and secondary ranges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
• 5+ years in digital verification engineering; 3+ years with MS; 1+ year with PhD.
• Experience with VHDL design/verification for DoD comms systems.
• FPGA deployable product process knowledge.
• Experience developing verification plans, tests, test benches, and BFMs.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain digital logic design verification frameworks for software-defined radios.
• Develop a verification plan based on requirements and specs.
• Simulate and verify FPGA logic, perform system validation.
• Analyze/debug simulation failures and resolve issues with designers.
• Conduct regression testing and generate verification metrics/reports.
• Collaborate in a team of 5–7 engineers.

Skills

Digital verification engineering

VHDL design

Siemens Questa Simulator

FPGA verification

OSVVM (preferred)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens Questa Simulator

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU) in San Diego, CA, seeks Principal or Sr. Principal Digital Verification Engineer to define and maintain verification frameworks for software-defined radios and FPGA designs.

This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. You will join a team of 5–7 engineers, contribute to advanced radios, and may receive relocation assistance. Salary bands reflect primary and secondary ranges.