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ASIC/FPGA Principal Verification Engineer VI

North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover, Massachusetts

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Job Responsibilities

Job ID: 712431BR Date posted: Dec. 04, 2025
Description:Join Our Team as a ASIC/FPGA Verification Engineer where you will work on the development of a sophisticated state-of-the-art avionics product in a world class Integrated Product Development environment.

Location: This position is fully remote; the preferred candidate will be expected to work a flexible 9x80 schedule.

About Us:

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.




What does this role look like?

We are building the best SOC team in the world at Lockheed Martin Space's Silicon Solutions team and seeking a future-looking Principal Verification Engineer who is able to case and realize a compelling vision which will improve speed and efficiency of the verification / validation of ASICs, FPGAs, and SOCs.




Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

• Serve as the Principal Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding verification and validation for the department.
• Develop roadmaps and processes related to verification and validation of complex devices.
• Develop and promote strategies and techniques that scale from low-level to system-level to improve cost and timelines.
• Mentor others in the best practices of verification and validation.
• Continuously assess new tools and methodologies related to verification and validation, presenting findings, making recommendations, and training others.
• Work closely with both design and verification teams to develop cohesive solutions.
• Develop business cases that support verification and validation improvements.
• Support all aspects of ASIC, FPGA, and SOC development, to include architecture, design, and analysis.
• Support technical reviews, and present to internal and external stakeholders.




To be effective in this role, you will need:

• Experience in verification of FPGA and ASIC devices
• 12+ years of professional experience.
• Willing and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance, thus you are a US Citizen.




Why Lockheed Martin?

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At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee… join us to experience your future!

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Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

• Experience in verification of FPGA and ASIC devices utilizing modern verification methodologies such as UVM.

• Experience in ASIC / FPGA life cycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test).

• Willing and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance, thus you are a US Citizen.
Desired Skills:
• Experience leading projects of multiple engineers, managing schedules. prioritizing work and actively communicating with internal or external stakeholders.

• Experience working closely with SoC design and cross functional teams to refine requirements and fully define the verification plan for complex FPGA's and ASIC's.

• Experience in driving process advancement and program reviews.

• HDL programming experience with VHDL, SystemVerilog, and/or Verilog.

• Experience architecting advanced testing environments for complex SoC's and multiple chip designs leveraging multiple verification strategies as appropriate, including UVM/SystemVerilog, emulation, formal verification and lab based techniques.

• Experience developing test cases based off given requirements.

• Experience building test benches for FPGA / ASIC designs to provide randomized stimulus.

• Experience identifying and implementing necessary test exclusions.

• Experience analyzing coverage results generating coverage reports (code and functional).

• Experience mentoring and training other engineers.

• Experience presenting to customers and executive leadership.

• Knowledge of space-grade/qualified FPGAs and ASICs.

• Experience or coursework in hardware emulation (ZeBu, Palladium, etc.).

• Experience or coursework in older verification methodologies including OVM or VMM.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $196,600 - $340,745. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $170,900 - $301,415. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electronics Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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