Lead Design Verification Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors is seeking a Lead Design Verification Engineer to drive pre-silicon verification of IPs, subsystems, and SoCs. You will define verification strategies, build UVM-based environments, and guide coverage-driven verification to ensure high-quality silicon delivery.

Collaborating with Architecture, Design, Firmware, and Software teams, you will validate RTL against specifications and micro-architecture requirements, using industry tools and scripting for automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of hands-on digital verification experience.
• Proven experience in RTL verification using Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, digital design, and computer architecture concepts.
• Experience with UVM and coverage-driven verification techniques.
• Experience in creating verification plans, testbenches, scoreboards, assertions, and constrained-random environments.
• Familiarity with industry simulators (VCS, Questa, Xcelium) and high-speed interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Define digital verification strategy and architecture for SoC and subsystem validation.
• Develop, maintain, and debug UVM-based environments for RTL and gate-level simulations.
• Create directed and constrained-random test cases, stimulus generators, scoreboards, and checkers.
• Execute regressions, analyze failures, and drive bug tracking and closure.
• Drive code coverage, functional coverage, and assertion coverage toward sign-off.
• Interface with Hardware, Firmware, Software, Architecture, and System Engineering teams to ensure coverage of specifications.

Skills

Digital Verification

RTL Verification

Verilog

SystemVerilog

UVM

Constrained-random verification

Coverage-driven verification

Python scripting

Debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synopsys VCS

Siemens Questa

Cadence Xcelium

Job description

Role Summary

Looking for Lead Design Verification Engineers with 6+ years of experience who will be responsible for pre-silicon verification of IPs, subsystems, and SoC designs to ensure functional correctness and high-quality silicon delivery. Develop and execute comprehensive verification strategies, UVM-based environments, and coverage-driven verification plans to achieve verification closure. Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, and software teams to validate RTL implementation against specifications and micro-architecture requirements.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE).
• More than 6 years of hands‑on experience in Digital Verification within a reputed semiconductor design company.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, digital design, and computer architecture concepts.
• Proven experience in RTL verification using Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Strong expertise in Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) and coverage-driven verification techniques.
• Experience in developing verification plans, testbenches, scoreboards, assertions, and constrained-random verification environments.
• Good knowledge of functional coverage, code coverage, regression management, and verification closure methodologies.
• Experience with industry‑standard simulators such as VCS, Questa, and Xcelium.
• Hands‑on experience verifying protocols such as I2C, I3C, SPI, AXI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, or similar interfaces.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Tcl, or Shell scripting for automation and debug.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze specifications and identify functional gaps, corner cases, and verification risks.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in cross‑functional and global engineering teams.
• Self‑motivated team player with a strong commitment to quality and timely project execution.

Job Responsibility

• Responsible for the pre‑silicon verification of IP modules, IP subsystems, and/or SoC top‑level designs.
• Define digital verification strategy, verification architecture, and execution plans for SoC and subsystem‑level verification.
• Develop, maintain, debug, and execute UVM‑based verification environments for RTL and gate‑level simulations.
• Create directed and constrained‑random test cases, stimulus generators, scoreboards, checkers, and assertions.
• Execute simulation regressions, analyze failures, and drive bug tracking and resolution to closure.
• Collect, analyze, and drive code coverage, functional coverage, and assertion coverage metrics to achieve verification sign‑off.
• Interface with Hardware, Firmware, Software, Architecture, and System Engineering teams to ensure complete specification coverage.
• Verify industry‑standard interfaces and protocols such as I2C, I3C, SPI, AXI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and other high‑speed interfaces.
• Utilize industry‑standard EDA tools such as Synopsys VCS, Siemens Questa, and Cadence Xcelium for verification and debug activities.
• Contribute to verification methodology improvements, automation, scripting, and best practices to enhance team productivity and quality.

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