Senior Digital Verification Engineer 4 - 23335 (FS Poly Required)

Mission Technologies, a division of HII; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 116,245 - 190,900; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology firm is seeking a Senior Digital Design Verification Engineer in Fort Meade, Maryland. The role involves challenging tasks such as uncovering bugs in gate-level designs and requires extensive experience in verification languages and tools. Candidates must be U.S. citizens with a TS/SCI clearance. Ideal applicants will have strong collaboration skills and a background in cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Position is full-time with a competitive salary range.

Qualifications

• 9 years relevant experience with Bachelor's in related field.
• Experience with digital verification languages and tools.
• Must possess active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly.

Responsibilities

• Develop models, transactors, and test benches for digital verification.
• Produce documentation and test cases for identified bugs.
• Collaborate effectively with teammates.

Skills

SystemVerilog

SystemC

C/C++

Python

Bash

UVM concepts

ABV techniques

Education

Bachelor's in related field

Master's in related field

High School Diploma or equivalent plus 13 years experience

Tools

Questa

VCS

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Xcelium

Job description

Job Opening Details

• Requisition Number: 23335
• Required Travel: 0 - 10%
• Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
• Anticipated Salary Range: $116,245.00 - $190,900.00
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Poly
• Level of Experience: Senior

Background

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division

Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution – by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072

Job Description

Do you enjoy challenging digital design verification problems? HII Mission Technologies is seeking out-of-the-box thinkers who can uncover difficult-to-activate corner‑case bugs and vulnerabilities in the gate‑level netlists of FPGA and ASIC designs.

Candidates for this position will help lead teams of digital designers to utilize industry-standard functional verification tools (e.g., Questa, VCS, Verdi), logical equivalence tools (e.g., OneSpin 360EC), and proprietary software tools to verify design function and integrity. Common verification targets include embedded processors, DSPs, filters, transceivers, data links, systems‑on‑chip, and decoders.

Candidates will be expected to utilize experience in the cybersecurity, electronic warfare, encryption, radar, and/or satellite communications domains to provide perspective on design verification approaches.

Full‑Scope Poly required at the time of application

• This position is contingent upon contract award.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Candidates will develop models, transactors, stimuli, monitors, and test benches for simulating and uncovering hidden behaviors in gate‑level digital netlists.
• Candidates will be expected to produce clear documentation and test cases demonstrating identified bugs or deviations from the specification.
• Effective collaboration with teammates to produce cohesive results and create improved processes is required.
• Candidates must be U.S. citizens and be willing and able to maintain DoD Security Clearance.

Minimum Qualifications

9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.

• US Citizenship
• Must possess an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly at the time of consideration
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience with modern digital verification and modeling languages: SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++, Matlab, etc.
• UVM concepts
• Directed, constrained‑random, and assertion‑based verification (ABV) techniques at the gate, interface, and transaction levels, including SVA
• Experience with modern, commercial‑grade, functional simulators (e.g., Xcelium, Incisive, Questa, VCS, Riviera-Pro, etc.)
• Writing scripts for batched verification tasks: Python, Bash, Tcl, make files.
• Revision control systems for maintaining, sharing, and deploying code: Perforce, git, SVN, etc.
• Familiarity with debugging and isolating issues with gate‑level netlists.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with object‑oriented, embedded, assembly, or machine code programming
• Software or hardware reverse‑engineering (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra)
• FPGA design or verification
• Familiarity with testing and verification techniques for IC trust, assurance, or security
• Experience with logical equivalence checkers (e.g., OneSpin 360-EC, ESP, Conformal EC)
• Experience with formal ABV
• Embedded Software Design for Wireless Radio
• Design of Digital Wireless Communications Systems
• Experience with DSPs for RF Communications
• Experience with Wifi, Cellular, Satellite, or Handheld communications.

Physical Requirements

May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

Do You Need Assistance?

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Additionally, you may also call 1‑844‑849‑8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.