Senior Principal Engineer - IP Design

NXP Semiconductors; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors seeks a Senior Principal Engineer for Digital Design to drive roadmaps for Vision IP, including ADAS-oriented IPs. You will design complex IPs, work with global experts, and advance from concept to implementation in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in IP design, strong HDL skills, and experience with vision processing and automotive protocols. This role emphasizes leadership across local and multi-site teams.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of hands-on experience in IP design and complex system integration.
• Experience with vision processing and automotive IPs is required.
• Strong knowledge of Verilog/VHDL and AMBA/AXI protocols.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive roadmaps for complete IP domains within the global R&D team.
• Architect and design complex IP across ADAS Vision, Radar, and related networks.
• Lead IP from concept through design to final implementation under tight schedules.
• Ensure quality and implement process improvements for zero-defect designs.

Skills

IP design

HDL Verilog

AMBA AXI

FPGA emulation

Testbench design

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

HDL simulators

FPGA boards

Tcl

Perl

C/C++

Job description

Senior Principal Engineer - Digital Design Job Description Job Opportunity: Seeking highly motivated, energetic, team-oriented Individual Contributor driving roadmaps for Vision IP domain including complete IP portfolio, going deeper into logic design and architecting and developing Complex Vision IPs solutions. Working closely with experienced and motivated team of Global experts in Systems, SoC Design functions to address the design/architectural challenges in the context of the complex IP, algorithms and overall System level solutions. Work through a wide spectrum of skill from developing High level Specifications to actual design Implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive Roadmaps for complete IP domains portfolio within global R&D team.
• Perform benchmarks against other industry players and ensure differentiating features for our customer with high level of innovation.
• Architect and Design complex IP across a range of protocols required for Automotive Self Driving Vehicles (ADAS) both Vision and Radar, In-Vehicle networks, Gateway Systems, Fail Safe Subsystems (ASIL-D) etc.
• Own and Lead IP from Concept till IP Design and Development achieving final design performance in integrated system within aggressive, market driven schedules.
• Ensure quality adherence during all stages of the IP development cycle and carry out a thorough analysis of existing processes, recommend and implement the process improvements to ensure ‘Zero Defect’ designs and drive and mentor teams towards that.

Key Skills

• Self-starter with 12-15 years of hands-on experience to Architect and Design complex IP design / Sub-system with minimal supervision.
• Custom Processing pipeline Designs with key image and signal processing functions like those needed for Vision processing.
• Experience in microcontroller architecture, Cache, protocols like AHB/AMBA,AXI.
• Extensive hands on knowledge of HDLs (Verilog/VHDL), Scripting languages (Perl, Tcl), C/C++ for hardware modeling.
• Understanding of end to end IP development flow including complex CDC, RDC constructs, IP Synthesis, DFT ATPG coverage.
• Have worked on Testbench and Testplan development closely with the verification team.
• Hands on work on pre silicon validation using FPGA/Emulation Board would be a significant added advantage.

Key Soft Skills

• Proficient skills in both written and verbal communication.
• Can articulate well.
• Has a sense of Ownership and engages everyone with Trust and Respect.
• Should demonstrate Emotional Intelligence and Leadership values with ability to work well as a part of team both local and remote or multisite.

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