Senior Digital IP Verification Engineer

NXP Semiconductors
München, Germany
9 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, German
Experience level
Senior

Job location

München, Germany

Tech stack

Adobe Flash
Artificial Intelligence
Systems Engineering
C++
Code Coverage
Software Debugging
Perl
Firmware
Formal Verification
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Python
Reduced Instruction Set Computing
Subsystems
SystemVerilog
Tcl (Programming Language)
Verilog
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Information Technology

Job description

  • Perform pre-silicon verification of AI/ML processing blocks, RISC-V processors, or similar digital IPs.
  • Define and develop comprehensive IP verification plans based on requirements such as industry standards, product requirements, architecture, and design specifications.
  • Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and software teams, as well as architecture and system engineering teams, to understand IP functionality and system-level use cases.
  • Execute verification plans in alignment with product specifications to ensure high-quality, zero-defect IP delivery.
  • Architect, develop, debug, and maintain UVM-based verification environments for RTL simulation.
  • Develop testcases within appropriate verification frameworks, including stimulus generation and assertion-based verification.
  • Run simulations across multiple abstraction levels (RTL, power-aware RTL, gate-level, FPGA, and emulation platforms).
  • Execute regressions, analyze results, and drive closure of functional and code coverage.
  • Identify issues, debug failures, and contribute to continuous improvement of verification methodologies and flows.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Verilog?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in IP or subsystem verification.
  • Solid understanding of microprocessor architecture, interconnects, and cache coherency mechanisms.
  • Hands-on experience with CPU verification (proprietary cores, RISC-V, or AI/ML accelerators).
  • Experience in using AI-based tools to enhance development and verification efficiency.
  • Strong experience in testbench development using UVM for IP, subsystems, or SoC-level verification.
  • Experience with AMBA protocols (AHB, AXI, ACE, CHI) and memory systems (ROM, RAM, Flash, DDR/LPDDR).
  • Advanced knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, and C/C++.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, or Shell.
  • Strong understanding of metric-driven verification, including functional and code coverage.
  • Experience with directed and constrained-random verification methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of formal verification techniques and assertion-based verification.
  • Experience debugging designs in both pre-silicon (simulation/emulation) and post-silicon environments.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Basic conversational German is a plus.

Please note: The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks. The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications, therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.

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