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

• Candidates for this position will contribute to reverse engineering efforts on systems of interest and support the development of innovative solutions.
• Successful candidates will be expected to communicate clearly and effectively, and demonstrate the ability to design maintainable approaches to complex technical problems.
• Candidates will develop models, transactors, stimuli, monitors, and test benches for simulating and uncovering hidden behaviors in gate-level digital netlists.
• Candidates will be expected to produce clear documentation and test cases demonstrating identified bugs or deviations from the specification.
• Effective collaboration with teammates to produce cohesive results and create improved processes is required.
• Candidates must be U.S. citizens and be willing and able to obtain a DoD security clearance (if not already cleared).

Requirements

• You will meet our minimum qualifications if you…
• Are a United States citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance (Secret-Top Secret/SCI)
• Have a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Have experience with modern digital verification and modeling languages: SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++, Matlab, etc.
• Have directed, constrained-random, and assertion-based verification techniques at the gate, interface, and transaction levels
• Have experience with modern, commercial-grade, functional simulators (e.g., Xcelium, Incisive, Questa, VCS, Riviera-Pro, etc)
• Have writing scripts for batched verification tasks: Python, Bash, Tcl, make files.
• Have revision control systems for maintaining, sharing, and deploying code: Perforce, git, SVN, etc.
• Have familiarity with debugging and isolating issues with gate-level netlists
• Have 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field

Preferred Requirements

• You will go above and beyond if you…
• Already possess an active Top Secret security clearance and/or be eligible to obtain a higher-level clearance as required
• Have familiarity with object-oriented, embedded, assembly, or machine code programming
• Have software or hardware reverse-engineering (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra)
• Have FPGA design or verification
• Have familiarity with testing and verification techniques for IC trust, assurance, or security
• Have experience with logical equivalence checkers (e.g., OneSpin 360-EC, ESP, Conformal EC)
• Have 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.