Verification Engineer II

Job Title: Verification Engineer II 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 2-5 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