Junior Hardware Engineer - Pathway to Innovation

About the role

HII Mission Technologies (HII MT) is seeking talented engineers who are excited to work in a flipped engineering environment. Our team in Roanoke, VA specializes in reverse engineering and microelectronics trust and assurance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to reverse engineering efforts on systems of interest and support the development of innovative solutions.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, and demonstrate the ability to design maintainable approaches to complex technical problems.
• Develop models, transactors, stimuli, monitors, and test benches for simulating and uncovering hidden behaviors in gate-level digital netlists.
• Produce clear documentation and test cases demonstrating identified bugs or deviations from the specification.
• Collaborate with teammates to produce cohesive results and create improved processes.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance (Secret-Top Secret/SCI).
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in related field; 3 years relevant experience with a Master's degree in related field.
• Experience with modern digital verification and modeling languages: SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++, Matlab, etc.
• Directed, constrained-random, and assertion-based verification techniques at the gate, interface, and transaction levels.
• Experience with modern, commercial-grade, functional simulators (e.g., Xcelium, Incisive, Questa, VCS, Riviera-Pro, etc).
• Writing scripts for batched verification tasks: Python, Bash, Tcl, make files.
• Revision control systems for maintaining, sharing, and deploying code: Perforce, git, SVN, etc.
• Familiarity with debugging and isolating issues with gate-level netlists.

Preferred Requirements

• Already possess an active Top Secret security clearance and/or be eligible to obtain a higher-level clearance as required.
• Familiarity with object-oriented, embedded, assembly, or machine code programming.
• Software or hardware reverse-engineering (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra).
• FPGA design or verification.
• Familiarity with testing and verification techniques for IC trust, assurance, or security.
• Experience with logical equivalence checkers (e.g., OneSpin 360-EC, ESP, Conformal EC).
• Experience with formal ABV.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work at a computer workstation for extended periods.
• Capability to lift and move equipment up to 25 lbs as needed.
• Comfort with standing, bending, or reaching during hardware assembly or testing tasks.
• Fine motor skills for handling small components, tools, and test equipment.
• Adequate vision to read schematics, inspect hardware, and operate instruments.
• Clear verbal and written communication for collaboration and documentation.

Benefits

HII offers competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships.

Pay

$115,000.00 - $130,000.00

Schedule

Full Time/Salaried/Exempt