NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors

Senior Verification Engineer

Austin (Oakhill, Office) · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
PythonLinuxLLMsFPGAVHDLVerilogLeadershipCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • This position is within the MME MCU/MPU Digital IP team.
  • Analyze RTL, functional coverage, and assertion coverage results
  • Demonstrate strong debugging skills, including failure reproduction and root-cause analysis

Responsibilities

  • Drive a "zero-defect" mindset across the verification team
  • Partner with local and global SoC and IP teams to drive best practices and continuous productivity improvements
  • 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
  • Develop and maintain SystemVerilog assertions (SVA)

Requirements

  • BSEE with 5+ years of semiconductor industry experience, or
  • MSEE with 3+ years of experience, or
  • PhD with 1+ years of experience

Nice to have

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

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
  • Low-power verification using CPF/UPF
  • Scripting in Python, Perl, and UNIX/Linux
  • Experience with FPGA/emulation/prototyping platforms (e.g., HAPS, Palladium, Zebu) is a plus
  • Understanding of power management concepts
  • Familiarity with functional and code coverage methodologies
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Benefits

  • Define and develop functional coverage models

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