Principal Digital IP Verification Engineer (f/m/d)

Job Title

Principal Digital IP Verification Engineer (f/m/d)

Role Summary

Lead pre-silicon verification activities for digital IP blocks and subsystems within the Munich Digital IP team, focusing on AI/ML processing blocks, RISC-V cores, and related interfaces. Work across hardware, firmware, software, architecture, and system engineering teams to deliver defect-free IP.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum 10 years of experience in IP or subsystem verification, with strong background in CPU/accelerator verification and verification methodology.

Responsibilities

Perform and lead verification work across IP and subsystem domains to ensure functional correctness and delivery quality.

• Define and implement comprehensive IP verification plans from requirements and design specs.
• Architect, develop, debug, and maintain UVM-based verification environments for RTL simulation.
• Develop testcases, stimulus generation, and assertion-based checks; run directed and constrained-random tests.
• Execute simulations across RTL, power-aware RTL, gate-level, FPGA, and emulation platforms; run regressions and drive coverage closure.
• Debug functional failures, analyze results, and drive defect resolution with cross-functional teams.
• Use AI-based tools to enhance development and verification efficiency.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of verification methodologies, flows, and metric-driven verification practices.
• Work on security-sensitive tasks that may fall within security certification scope; follow secure engineering practices.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and practical experience for the role. Nice-to-have items noted separately.

• Solid understanding of microprocessor architecture, interconnects, and cache coherency mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience with CPU verification (proprietary cores, RISC-V, or AI/ML accelerators).
• Strong experience in testbench development using UVM for IP, subsystem, or SoC verification.
• Experience with AMBA protocols (AHB, AXI, ACE, CHI) and memory systems (ROM, RAM, Flash, DDR/LPDDR).
• Advanced knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, and C/C++.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl, TCL, Shell).
• Familiarity with metric-driven verification: functional and code coverage; directed and constrained-random methodologies.
• Working knowledge of formal verification techniques and assertion-based verification.
• Experience debugging designs in both pre-silicon (simulation/emulation) and post-silicon environments; strong analytical and communication skills.
• Nice-to-have: Basic conversational German.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical 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.