Lead Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Lead Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Lead pre-silicon verification efforts for IP blocks, subsystems and SoC designs to ensure functional correctness and timely silicon delivery. Work with architecture, design, firmware and software teams to validate RTL against specifications and micro-architecture requirements.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum 6+ years of hands-on experience in digital verification at a semiconductor company.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities for this role include:

• Define verification strategy, architecture and execution plans for IP, subsystem and SoC verification.
• Develop, maintain, debug and run UVM-based verification environments for RTL and gate-level simulations.
• Create directed and constrained-random tests, stimulus generators, scoreboards, checkers and assertions.
• Run regression suites, analyze failures, log and track bugs to closure.
• Collect and drive code, functional and assertion coverage metrics to verification sign-off.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software and system teams to ensure specification coverage.
• Verify industry-standard interfaces (I2C, I3C, SPI, AXI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, etc.) and high-speed interfaces.
• Improve verification methodology, automation and scripting to increase team productivity and quality.

Requirements

Key must-have skills and experience:

• 6+ years of digital verification experience in a semiconductor design environment.
• Proven RTL verification experience using Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Strong expertise in UVM and coverage-driven verification techniques.
• Experience developing verification plans, testbenches, scoreboards, assertions and constrained-random environments.
• Familiarity with functional coverage, code coverage, regression management and verification closure processes.
• Hands-on use of simulators such as Synopsys VCS, Siemens Questa and Cadence Xcelium.
• Experience verifying common protocols and interfaces (I2C, I3C, SPI, AXI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, or similar).
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl, Tcl, Shell) for automation and debug tasks.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving skills and attention to detail; effective communication and cross-functional teamwork.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (EE).

About the Company

Company: NXP Semiconductors

Headquarters: Nijmegen, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global semiconductor company that provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions. With over 45,000 employees and operations in more than 35 countries, NXP is a leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, catering to automotive, industrial IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. The company is committed to innovation and sustainability, advancing a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through technology.