Masters Computer Science Jobs in Blacksburg, VA (NOW HIRING)

Are you driven by curiosity, energized by complex challenges, and motivated to dissect the unknown? Join a cutting‑edge team where your expertise directly shapes mission outcomes and national security. We’re looking for engineers who excel at uncovering how systems work (and why), thrive in an environment where innovation moves fast and the stakes are high.

If you enjoy pushing boundaries, experimenting with new approaches, and delivering solutions that make a measurable impact — this is the role for you.

HII Mission Technologies is seeking out-of-the-box thinkers who can uncover difficult-to-activate corner‑case bugs and vulnerabilities in the gate‑level netlists of FPGA and ASIC designs. Candidates for this position will contribute to the team by utilizing industry‑standard functional verification tools (e.g., Questa, VCS, Verdi), logical equivalence tools (e.g., OneSpin 360EC), and proprietary software tools to verify design function and integrity. Common verification targets include embedded processors, DSPs, filters, transceivers, data links, systems‑on‑chip, and decoders.

Experience in the cybersecurity, electronic warfare, encryption, radar, and/or satellite communications domains is a plus.

Level 2 salary range: $90,000–$95,000
Level 3 salary range: $120,000–$130,000
Level 4 salary range: $160,000–$175,000
Level 5 salary range: $185,000–$190,000

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.

• Level 2: 2 years relevant experience with a Bachelors in a related field; 0 years experience with a Masters; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
• Level 3: 5 years relevant experience with a Bachelors; 3 years with a Masters; 0 years with a PhD or JD; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Level 4: 9 years relevant experience with a Bachelors; 7 years with a Masters; 4 years with a PhD or JD; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
• Level 5: 15 years relevant experience with a Bachelors; 13 years with a Masters; 10 years with a PhD or JD; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.
• Willingness to obtain a Top‑Secret security clearance.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a 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, makefiles.
• Revision control systems for maintaining, sharing, and deploying code: Perforce, Git, SVN, etc.
• Familiarity with debugging and isolating issues with gate‑level netlists.

• Familiarity with object‑oriented, embedded, assembly, or machine code programming.
• Software or hardware reverse‑engineering (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra).
• FPGA design or verification.
• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance? If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to buildyourcareer@hii‑co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1‑844‑849‑8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.