Senior Principle Engineer - SoC Design Verification

What You'll Do

• Define and own SoC-level and IP-level verification strategy, methodology, and coverage goals.
• Hands-on work: Responsible for executing verification plan according to the product specification and verification requirements defined by product architects.
• Responsible for developing, debugging and running UVM based verification environment for RTL/netlist simulation.
• Define and develop test cases in an appropriate verification framework.
• Create stimulus and assertions, run simulation, debug test cases on the design models (RTL, power aware RTL, gate level, FPGA, Emulation platform), run regression, collect and analyze code/functional coverage Drive DV closure on diverse IPs and subsystems, ensuring maximum coverage and quality.
• Familiar with both SoC-level and IP-level verification environments.
• Guide the team in developing and improving flows for maximum reuse and efficiency.
• Mentor team members while actively collaborating with design teams for issue resolution and sign-off.
• Ensure compliance with functional safety/security requirements.
• Required Qualifications: Experience: 15+ years in SoC/IP verification with successful tape-outs of multiple SoCs.
• Technical Skills : Strong expertise in ARM-based microcontrollers and SoC-level verification.
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog, UVM , and constrained-random verification.
• Familiarity with EDA tools (Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Mentor Questa).
• Experience with low-power verification (UPF).
• Gate-level simulations and power-aware simulations.
• Strong knowledge of assertions (SVA) and functional coverage.
• Verification of multiple interfaces: SPI, I²C, UART, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, eSPI .
• Knowledge of Flash memory and security IPs (crypto engines and subsystems) is a plus .
• Familiarity with common Analog IPs in microcontroller design (ADC, DAC, PLLs).
• Soft Skills: Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment .
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire teams .
• Strong project management and organizational skills .
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management Education: Bachelors or Master’s in Microelectronics, Electronics, Electrical Engineering More information about NXP in India... #LI-7013