Senior FPGA Verification Lead – VUnit & CI/CD

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 186,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a FPGA Verification Engineer-Level 5 to lead verification across multiple programs. You will define verification plans, build a reusable VUnit-based environment, and drive automation and test development.

The role requires deep FPGA verification expertise, strong leadership, and experience in aerospace or high-reliability settings. On-site at Linthicum campus with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS with extensive FPGA/verification work.
• 12 years exp (Bachelor), 10 years (Master), or 7 years (PhD) in relevant fields.
• Strong HDL (SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL) and VUnit proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Create verification plans from system requirements.
• Design and roll out a VUnit-based verification environment.
• Set up CI pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) for nightly regression and coverage.
• Write VHDL test benches and VUnit test suites.
• Lead a team of FPGA verification engineers across programs.
• Coordinate with design, systems, firmware, and software teams.
• Ensure verification metrics meet program exit criteria.

Skills

FPGA verification

Leadership

Communication

Mentorship

VUnit

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Master’s degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

VUnit

SystemVerilog

Verilog

VHDL

Python

Tcl

Synopsys

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a FPGA Verification Engineer-Level 5 to lead verification across multiple programs. You will define verification plans, build a reusable VUnit-based environment, and drive automation and test development.

The role requires deep FPGA verification expertise, strong leadership, and experience in aerospace or high-reliability settings. On-site at Linthicum campus with travel up to 10%.