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
SeniorJob 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.