Senior Verification Engineer

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 More information about NXP in the United States... NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals. #LI-6692