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# Senior Digital Design Engineer

- **Company:** NXP
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Microarchitecture, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Static Timing Analysis, Subsystems, System on a Chip, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Scripting, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** June 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nxp.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Austin-Oakhill-Office/Senior-Digital-Design-Engineer_R-10063883

## About the Role

* Minimum BSEE/BSCE/BSCS
 * Minimum 4 years of experience in IP or SoC design
 * Knowledge of SoC architecture required
 * Expert knowledge of Verilog required
 * Experience with design quality checks, including Lint, clock domain crossing (CDC) analysis, static timing analysis (STA)
 * Expert knowledge of ARM AMBA bus protocol standards desired
 * Knowledge of functional safety, including ISO26262 a plus
 * Knowledge of CPU or cache architecture a plus
 * Knowledge of C coding a plus
 * Knowledge of scripting, such as Perl or Python, a plus

## Description

* Review IP architecture specifications, features and programming model, microarchitecture and interface specifications.
 * Plan IP documentation and design, including providing schedule assessments.
 * Design IP meeting requirements for quality and performance, using Verilog and System Verilog RTL, and vendor and internal checking tools.
 * Collaborate with verification team to develop test plans and complete verification execution to 100% coverage, and as per NXP standard quality and maturity standards.
 * Deliver completed IP, including RTL design and supporting documentation
 * Track metrics during IP development, include development plan milestones, code and functional coverage, defect tickets, and tracing of requirements versus design specification.

 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide expert support to subsystem, SoC, validation, and applications engineering teams during product development.

Key challenges:

 * Proving design meets all requirements and ensuring zero defects escape to silicon.
 * Meeting committed schedules without compromising quality

Cross-functional aspects:

 * Definition reviews with architecture teams and designers
 * Planning with verification team, architecture team, and project manager
 * Integration of digital IP, working with local and global SoC front-end design teams
 * Support for local customers on IP, subsystem and SoC verification teams, emulation and silicon validation teams
 * Support for applications engineers and end-customers to replicate and identify root cause field failures, and identify workarounds.
 * Collaborate with local and global verification and tools development teams in developing improved methods of verification


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