Principal Engineer - IP Verification

Job Title

Principal Engineer - IP Verification

Role Summary

Individual contributor responsible for delivering first-pass silicon success for complex IPs, with emphasis on Vision/Image Processing and other subsystem IPs. Work closely with Systems, Design, DFT, Mixed-Signal and cross-site teams to plan and execute verification across IP, subsystem and system levels.

Use simulation, hardware modeling, formal verification and participate in pre- and post-silicon validation to ensure robust, production-ready IPs.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 10–15 years of experience in IP / subsystem verification.

Responsibilities

Primary accountabilities include ownership of verification quality, methodology deployment, and hands-on verification execution.

• Evaluate and deploy verification methodologies appropriate for complex IP/subsystem designs and aggressive schedules.
• Own verification quality during all project stages and implement process improvements to reduce defects.
• Develop testplans and testbenches to ensure functional and performance coverage and feature traceability.
• Perform simulation, debug, formal checks, and gate-level verification as required.
• Collaborate with local and remote teams (Systems, Design, DFT, Mixed-Signal) and contribute to pre/post-silicon validation efforts.
• Mentor or influence verification methodology adoption within the team.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and proven experience; nice-to-have items listed separately.

• Must-have: 10+ years of IP/subsystem verification experience on multi-million-gate, multi-clock designs; proven end-to-end IP verification delivery.
• Testbench and testplan development experience with feature traceability and regression management.
• Strong working knowledge of HVLs and methodologies (UVM, SystemVerilog, C++), HDLs (Verilog, VHDL), and DPI/PLI.
• Experience with mainstream simulators (e.g., NCSim, VCS, ModelSim, Questa) and simulation debug workflows.
• Experience with formal verification, SVA/assertions, functional coverage and gate-level simulation.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with microcontroller/ARM-based architectures and protocols (AHB/AMBA, AXI), memory technologies and controllers.
• Domain experience in automotive graphics/vision accelerators, serial IP controllers, or networking protocols such as Ethernet.
• Exposure to pre-silicon validation/emulation and ability to drive verification methodology evolution.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

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.