Staff ASIC DFT Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

 

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is a leading global provider of secure software-defined, hardware enabled mission systems. Our company is pioneering capabilities in a wide variety of sectors that keep our nation and our allies safe from undersea to space and cyberspace.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Digital Technologies Group, is seeking an Staff ASIC DFT Engineer to join our team of highly qualified, diverse individuals in Digital Technologies. Qualified applicant will become part of the Digital Technologies department, which specializes in product designs for a variety of applications from undersea to outer space. The individual will be responsible for DFT (Design for Test) aspects of ASIC Design. Successful candidates will have a thorough understanding of digital design concepts and have prior experience with ASIC development process. Must be knowledgeable in VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog RTL coding and be highly proficient in DFT methodologies. This candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the different teams as required to accomplish the goals.

*This role will be 100% onsite in Linthicum, MD OR McClellan, CA.

 

Basic Qualifications for a Staff ASIC DFT Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience, a master’s degree with 10 years of experience or a PhD with 7 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.

• Experience in full product life cycle of ASIC Design.

• Experience with Cadence, Mentor and/or Synopsys test insertion and ATPG tools.

• Experience with hierarchical scan testing, IEEE-1500 and/or IEEE-1687, and test compression.

• Experience with at-speed scan testing.

• Experience integrating DFT features of 3rd party IP.

• Experience with JTAG IEEE-1149.1 and IEEE-1149.6 (AC JTAG).

• Experience with memory BIST and logic BIST.

• Experience generating test patterns and analyzing and debugging test failures.

• Experience working with test engineers to implement ATPG vectors on tester hardware.

• Proficiency in HDL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Tcl, Python or Perl.

• Knowledge of Synthesis, P&R and Static Timing Analysis would be a plus.

• Effective communication and presentation skills and high proficiency in technical problem solving.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maint