Principal Digital Verification Engineer/Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer
- Location:
- Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Digital Verification Engineer/Senior Principal Digital Verification Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD or Morrisville, NC.
This requisition may be filled as a Principal Digital Engineer or a Senior Principal Digital Engineer.
What You’ll get to Do:
As an integral part of our cross-discipline engineering team in Mission Systems that encompasses Digital Verification Engineering to support ASIC and FPGA product development.
Work closely with design and verification engineers and will utilize your knowledge of modern verification methods, tools and techniques.
Perform functional verification of register transfer level (RTL) code of a complex ASIC at block level and SOC level using UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) and SystemVerilogl.
Development of testbench, tests, verification IP (VIP), verification models, coverage models, extensive simulation and debug, code coverage and functional coverage, generation and analysis of reports and metrics, documentation etc.
Ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the different teams as required to accomplish the goals.
This position is contingent upon contract award, the ability to obtain or maintain an active DoD Secret clearance with Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start.
Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 0 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
U.S Citizenship is required.
The ability to obtain/maintain an Active DoD secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start is required
Knowledge of UVM
Experience developing testplans, participating in reviews, test development and RTL debug
Senior Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 3 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
U.S Citizenship is required
The ability to obtain/maintain an Active DoD secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start is required.
Knowledge of UVM
Experience developing testplans, participating in reviews, test development and RTL debug
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced Degree with at least 3+ years of professional experience in related industry
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher with SAP Access and or SCI eligibility
Experience with data structures, object oriented programming languages and concepts
Experience with Verification IP integration and/or development
Experience with a coverage-driven verification methodology from planning through closure
Knowledge of industry standard bus or I/O interfaces
Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)
FPGA/ASIC design and/or development process experience
Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Perl, Python, Tcl, Makefile)
Knowledge of digital signal processing
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Link to Benefits: https://totalrewards.northropgrumman.com/
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.