Senior Digital Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior Digital Design Engineer

Role Summary

Member of the digital design team at NXP's Caen development center working on automotive System-on-Chip (SoC) products. Responsible for designing, verifying, and integrating digital IP and SoC blocks to meet performance, power and area targets.

Work cross-functionally with architects, analog designers and software teams to deliver production-quality digital subsystems.

Experience Level

Senior — experienced individual contributor; substantial hands-on ASIC/SoC digital design experience expected.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement digital logic designs for complex SoCs and IP blocks, following architectural specifications and performance targets.
• Write RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog and develop testbenches for simulation, debugging and verification.
• Collaborate with architects, analog and software teams to define interfaces and integrate digital blocks.
• Participate in synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), and formal verification to achieve timing, area and power goals.
• Contribute to design-for-testability (DFT) implementation and verification.
• Produce design documentation, participate in design reviews, and troubleshoot design issues throughout the lifecycle.
• Keep current with industry tools, methodologies and best practices in digital design.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications:

• Proven experience in digital ASIC/SoC design and familiarity with the complete digital design flow.
• Proficiency in Verilog or SystemVerilog for RTL coding.
• Experience with EDA tools for simulation, synthesis, STA and formal verification.
• Solid understanding of digital design principles including clocking, reset and low-power techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; effective communication and teamwork; fluency in English.

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl).
• Knowledge of communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet.

Education Requirements

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