Lead Validation Engineer (UWB)

Job Title

Lead Validation Engineer (UWB)

Role Summary

Lead the pre-silicon and post-silicon validation activities for SoCs with a focus on peripheral interfaces and embedded firmware. Own validation strategy, test development, first-silicon bring-up, root-cause analysis, and product qualification across FPGA, emulation, and silicon platforms.

Collaborate with Design, Verification, Firmware, and Architecture teams to ensure feature completeness, performance, and compliance.

Experience Level

Senior — 7+ years of relevant pre- and post-silicon validation experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include planning and executing validation activities, debugging silicon, and delivering production-ready qualification results.

• Review architecture and micro-architecture to derive validation scope and coverage metrics.
• Develop validation plans, test strategies, stress tests, and coverage metrics for subsystem and SoC levels.
• Execute validation on FPGA, emulation, and silicon; lead first-silicon bring-up and characterization.
• Validate functional correctness, compliance, throughput, latency, and error scenarios for peripherals.
• Debug hardware, firmware, and system-level issues using logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, SWD, and trace tools.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions with cross-functional teams; support field failure analysis and customer issues.
• Develop embedded C firmware, board bring-up software, drivers, and RTOS/bare-metal validation applications.
• Implement test automation frameworks and write automation/data-analysis scripts (Python, Shell, Perl).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for the role.

• 7+ years of pre-silicon and post-silicon validation experience for SoCs/ASICs.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, subsystem interactions, and hardware-software integration.
• Experience with ARM-based multicore SoCs and embedded systems.
• Proven debugging and problem-solving skills using lab equipment and protocol analyzers.
• Experience validating peripheral interfaces such as QSPI/XSPI, I2S, UART, SPI, I2C/I3C, CAN/CAN-FD, and LIN.
• Embedded firmware and driver development experience (C); board bring-up and diagnostic framework development.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting for validation (Python, Shell, Perl).
• Nice-to-have: experience with FPGA and emulation platforms, UWB domain knowledge, RTOS-based validation applications.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

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.