Senior Digital Verification Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Glasgow, UK, invites a highly skilled Digital Verification Engineer to join the Security Design team within the Crypto & Security Competence Center. The role focuses on verifying complex digital hardware, developing robust testbenches and advancing security IP across automotive, microcontroller, banking/mobile, and connectivity domains.

You’ll work from requirements through validation, mentor junior colleagues, and contribute to state‑of‑the‑art verification flows using

Qualifications

• BSc. or MSc. in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on SystemVerilog for testbench development and verification.
• Expertise in UVM: components, sequences, drivers, monitors, and scoreboards.
• Solid understanding of Constrained Random Verification techniques.
• Experience with Metrics‑Driven Verification incl. functional coverage and verification planning.
• Ability to write SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) for protocol and design checking.
• Proven success in Coverage Closure across functional and code coverage.
• Experience analysing coverage results and refining test strategies to close gaps.
• Strong debugging skills across simulations and complex verification environments.
• Knowledge of Formal Verification methods would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for verifying functional behaviour of complex digital hardware architectures
• Creating, reviewing, and maintaining verification plans, and tracking verification progress.
• Specifying and developing verification strategies, tests, and environments for security features and hardware co‑processors.
• Working with emerging verification methodologies and introducing them into existing verification flows.
• Mentoring junior team members in best practices, driving technical excellence and consistency across teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

Constrained Random Verification

Metrics‑Driven Verification

SystemVerilog Assertions

Coverage Analysis

Debugging

Formal Verification

Testbench Development

Mentoring

Education

BSc./MSc. in Electronics or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Within the Crypto & Security Competence Center, you will be part of a dedicated team focusing on research and development for future security applications, ranging from hardware IP design to strong end‑to‑end security solutions.

For our Security Design team in Glasgow, UK, we are looking for a highly motivated Digital Verification Engineer to join our team.

At this site, our engineers are actively involved in all aspects of security hardware design, delivering high‑end security IP into multiple NXP business lines and a variety of market segments, including Automotive, Microcontrollers, Banking / Mobile and Connectivity. Engineers contribute throughout the full product lifecycle, from requirements capture and architectural definition through development and verification, to test‑chip and silicon validation.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible for verifying functional behaviour of complex digital hardware architectures
• Creating, reviewing, and maintaining verification plans, and tracking verification progress.
• Specifying and developing verification strategies, tests, and environments for security features and hardware co‑processors.
• Working with emerging verification methodologies and introducing them into existing verification flows.
• Mentoring junior team members in best practices, driving technical excellence and consistency across teams.

Your Profile

• BSc., or MSc., degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog for testbench development and verification.
• Proven expertise in UVM (Universal Verification Methodology), including component creation, sequences, drivers, monitors, and scoreboards.
• Solid understanding and practical use of Constrained Random Verification techniques.
• Experience with Metrics‑Driven Verification, including functional coverage and verification planning.
• Ability to write SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) for protocol and design checking.
• Demonstrated success in achieving Coverage Closure across functional and code coverage metrics.
• Experience analysing coverage results and refining test strategies to close gaps.
• Strong debugging skills across simulations and complex verification environments.
• Knowledge of Formal Verification methods would be advantageous.

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