NXP Semiconductors

Senior Verification Engineer

NXP Semiconductors$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BSEE with 5+ years or MSEE with 3+ years or PhD with 1+ year of semiconductor industry experience
  • Expertise in DDR, PCIe, AMBA protocols
  • Strong knowledge of Verilog and SystemVerilog (VHDL is a plus)
  • Proficient in OVM/UVM and class-based verification methodologies
  • Experience with AI/LLM-based engineering solutions
  • Ability to script in Python, Perl, and UNIX/Linux
  • Familiarity with formal verification methodologies and coverage techniques

Responsibilities

  • Drive a zero-defect mindset across the verification team
  • Provide technical leadership on complex verification challenges
  • Mentor and grow a small team of engineers
  • Define and execute comprehensive verification plans
  • Develop and implement sophisticated verification testbenches
  • Create testbench components such as drivers and monitors
  • Apply formal verification methodologies and perform root-cause analysis

Benefits

  • Professional development and mentorship opportunities
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology in automotive and microcontroller industries
  • Collaborative work culture fostering innovation
  • Potential for career growth within a leading semiconductor company
  • Engagement with advanced sensor and processing technologies
Full Job Description

Job Title: Senior Verification Engineer

Location: Austin

Role Summary:

This position is within the MME MCU/MPU Digital IP team.

We develop best-in-class digital IPs for NXP’s automotive and advanced microcontroller businesses, delivering sensor and processing technologies that enable secure, connected vehicles today and autonomous vehicles of the future.

· Drive a “zero-defect” mindset across the verification team

· Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex verification challenges

· Mentor and grow a small team of engineers

Job Responsibility:

· Define and execute verification plans

· Develop and implement verification testbenches

· Develop testbench components such as drivers, monitors, and scoreboards, and leverage advanced UVM VIPs

· Develop directed and constrained-random stimulus

· Analyze RTL, functional coverage, and assertion coverage results

· Define and develop functional coverage models

· Develop and maintain SystemVerilog assertions (SVA)

· Apply formal verification methodologies

· Demonstrate strong debugging skills, including failure reproduction and root-cause analysis

· Exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills; familiarity with major simulation and debug tools is a plus

Job Qualification:

· BSEE with 5+ years of semiconductor industry experience, or

· MSEE with 3+ years of experience, or

· PhD with 1+ years of experience

Technical Skills

· Knowledge of protocols such as DDR, PCIe, AMBA (CHI, ACE, AXI)

· Strong expertise in Verilog, SystemVerilog (VHDL is a plus)

· Experience with OVM/UVM and class-based verification methodologies

· Experience with formal verification methodologies

· Experience leveraging AI/LLM-based approaches to improve engineering efficiency

· Test pattern debugging and validation on simulation and automated test environments

· Scripting in Python, Perl, and UNIX/Linux

· Familiarity with functional and code coverage methodologies

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About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a Dutch semiconductor manufacturer with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The company employs approximately 31,000 people in more than 35 countries, including 11,200 engineers in 33 countries. NXP reported revenue of $8.88 billion in 2020. The company's products are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications. NXP is the co-inventor of near field communication (NFC) technology along with Sony and supplies NFC chip sets that enable mobile payments, as well as secure access to cars and buildings.
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Size
31,000 employees
Market Cap
$39.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$52 million
Founded
1953
5 Year Trend
+3.1%
Revenue
$8.6 billion
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