ASIC / FPGA Design Verification Engineer – (Lead or Senior)
- US citizenship
- Secret clearance
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About the job
ASIC / FPGA Design Verification Engineer – (Lead or Senior) ## Company Boeing Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems has an exciting opportunity for multipleASIC/ FPGA Design Verification Engineers – (Lead or Senior)to join us as part of our Boeing Electronic Products team at the heart of Boeing’s products in El Segundo orHuntington Beach, CA. ## Mission Develop scalable technical leaders who combine strong verification fundamentals, fluent UVM capability, technical ownership, systems awareness, mentorship, and increasing responsibility for verification execution, environments, closure activities, and team success. ## Level Intent Level IV engineers independently own verification scope, establish verification environments and infrastructure, mentor engineers, support closure leadership activities, and lead technical efforts when required.
Level V engineers expand into broader subsystem ownership, larger technical coordination responsibilities, verification strategy influence, and leadership of verification efforts across complex programs. ## Overview Engineers support ASIC, FPGA, and SoC verification activities across advanced aerospace programs including space systems, satellite technologies, NASA mission support, Space Launch System (SLS) technologies, aviation platforms, communications systems, autonomous systems, and related digital subsystems.
Candidates are expected to possess strong verification fundamentals and fluent UVM capability.
Engineers should be prepared to discuss simulation concepts, debug methods, coverage approaches, requirements traceability, reusable verification infrastructure, UVC development, closure methodology, and broader verification strategy concepts during interviews. ## Why Join Us This organization supports a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense programs across ASICs, SoCs, and FPGAs, creating opportunities to contribute across multiple products, technologies, and technical domains over time.
Teams combine complementary technical strengths and adapt responsibilities based on program needs, enabling engineers to deepen expertise while broadening systems understanding, mentorship capability, verification ownership, and technical leadership.
The department intentionally develops scalable technical leaders and provides multiple paths for long‑term growth. ## Behavioral Expectations Engineers operate with ownership appropriate to level while contributing to planning, execution, integration, closure, mentoring, and continuous improvement activities.
Candidates communicate status, risks, dependencies, technical concerns, and schedule impacts proactively while supporting broader team capability.
Engineers are expected to support peer growth, develop broader systems awareness beyond immediate FPGA or ASIC boundaries, and help strengthen verification capability across programs. ## Responsibilities Engineers independently own verification scope and contribute throughout product development by supporting verification planning, requirements traceability, simulation, integration, debug, closure, and delivery activities.
Verification ownership includes accountability for verification execution, completeness, and closure. It does not imply primary ownership of architecture development, RTL implementation, or subsystem engineering responsibilities.
Level IV and V engineers are expected to independently establish and expand SystemVerilog and UVM environments, reusable verification infrastructure, and UVC development activities with minimal support while guiding broader verification execution.
Engineers are expected to define verification objectives, support measurable closure criteria, perform verification completeness assessments, and apply metrics‑driven approaches using coverage results, requirements traceability, bug trends, and risk assessments appropriate to role level.
Responsibilities include system‑level troubleshooting across RTL, testbench, firmware/software, integration, and specification boundaries, mentoring engineers, and leading technical efforts, verification teams, or workstreams ranging from small focused activities to larger multi‑discipline efforts when needed. ## Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience) - This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship as a condition of employment.
An interim and/or final U.S.
Secret Clearance Post-Start is required. - Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement - Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of professional engineering experience in ASIC, FPGA, or SoC design verification, OR a BS/MS and 7+ years of FPGA, ASIC, or SoC verification experience - Strong experience with SystemVerilog for simulation testbench development and RTL debugging - Fluent UVM experience including environment development - 2+ projects standing up verification environments and reusable infrastructure ## Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience) - Senior, Level 5 : 14+ years of related engineering experience - Bachelor’s Degree or Master's Degree in EE, Computer Engineering/Science, or related field - Active U.S.
Secret Security Clearance - 10+ years of verification experience - Strong understanding of Digital design fundamentals and systems awareness fundamentals - Feature, block, subsystem, or broader verification ownership - Metrics‑driven closure experience - Requirements traceability and measurable verification objectives - Mentoring and indirect technical leadership experience - Project management or technical coordination experience ## Conflict of Interest Successful candidate for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process. ## Typical Education/Experience Lead, Level 4: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g.
Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Senior (Level 5):Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g.
Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard. ## Relocation This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates. ## Drug Free Workplace Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies . ## Shift Work This position is for 1st shift. ## Total Rewards At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.
Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings
From Boeing's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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