Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer (OX1050)

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 163,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer to join a dynamic team focused on revolutionary microelectronics technologies. In this pivotal role, you will lead the verification efforts for cutting-edge digital logic systems, ensuring high-performance computing solutions that meet mission-critical needs. Collaborating with talented engineers, you will drive innovation through comprehensive verification strategies and behavioral simulations. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking advancements in technology while working in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Company paid holidays

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in design verification or equivalent advanced degree experience.
• Expertise in Hardware Description Languages: Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Lead the verification team for debug, emulation, and test development.
• Conduct in-depth behavioral simulations across ASIC and FPGA.

Skills

Hardware Description Languages

Functional Verification Methodology

Behavioral Simulation

Code Coverage Strategies

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Master's Degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys

Mentor Graphics

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets. For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

The Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) department is seeking a Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer to join our team and develop these technologies into high-performance computing systems that solve an assortment of unique mission needs. You’ll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside physicists, design engineers, and superconducting foundry engineers to make these technologies a reality.

What You'll Get To Do:

As a Digital Verification Lead Engineer, you will have an opportunity to be a part of a technology development organization that is collaborative, open, transparent, team-oriented, and flexible, where continuous learning is encouraged, all within a culture of design. We are seeking an exceptional Senior Functional Verification Engineer specializing in ASIC and FPGA technologies. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in behavioral simulation, and comprehensive functional verification processes.

Role and Responsibilities:

The Debug and Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer will be responsible leading the verification team for debug, emulation, and test development for state-of-the-art Digital Logic (High Speed Serial). Other responsibilities will include:

Design Entry and RTL Development:

1. Create comprehensive test-benches for behavioral simulation
2. Design and implement verification strategies for complex digital systems
3. Ensure RTL implementation meets precise design specification requirements

Functional Verification:

1. Conduct in-depth behavioral simulations across ASIC and FPGA
2. Generate and execute advanced UVM Test cases
3. Achieve 95% code coverage goals and functional coverage across critical metrics
4. Perform detailed code coverage analysis, including: (Statement coverage, Expression coverage, Branch coverage, Toggle coverage)

Simulation:

1. Utilize both functional and timing simulation tools
2. Verify logical behavior and implementation accuracy
3. Identify and resolve signal delay and performance issues in gate timing requirements
4. Develop comprehensive Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) simulation environments

Collaborative Processes:

1. Work closely with design teams to validate RTL implementations
2. Provide detailed feedback and recommendations for design improvements
3. Participate in design reviews and Lead in verification planning
4. Mentor junior verification engineers
5. Contribute to continuous improvement of verification methodologies

This position is contingent upon clearance.

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum/Annapolis Junction, MD.

Basic Qualifications for Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, BSEE, or comparable STEM Degree and 12 years industry experience in a design verification role or Master’s Degree plus 10 years experience or PhD plus 8 years experience
2. Experience with functional verification methodology for the full life cycle of products with leading a team with various levels of experience and skills
3. Demonstrated experience leading Verification Teams
4. Specialized experience in functional verification with multiple Tape Outs
5. Expert-level proficiency in Hardware Description Languages: (Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog)
6. Extensive knowledge of: (comprehensive RTL design methodologies, Behavioral simulation techniques, Code coverage strategies)
7. Extensive experience with industry-standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics)
8. Extensive experience with verification methodologies: Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
9. Regression and automation framework development
10. This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen
11. Current active DoD TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications for Staff Lead Design Verification Engineer:

1. Advanced Degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields
2. Experience with advanced Gate Level Simulations
3. Experience with the management of schedule, cost, metric reporting, and trade studies

Salary Range: $163,200.00 - $256,400.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. 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/or personal business.

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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.