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

Job Title

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

Role Summary

Join the Munich MCU/MPU Digital IP verification team to verify digital IP blocks and subsystems used in automotive microprocessors, application processors and microcontrollers. The role focuses on pre‑silicon verification across AI/ML processing blocks, RISC‑V cores and other interface/DSP subsystems.

The position requires close collaboration with hardware, firmware, software and system engineering teams to deliver high‑quality, production‑ready IP.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum 5 years of experience in IP or subsystem verification.

Responsibilities

Accountable for designing and executing verification activities to ensure functional correctness and coverage closure of digital IP.

• Perform pre‑silicon verification of AI/ML blocks, RISC‑V processors, or similar digital IP.
• Define and maintain comprehensive IP verification plans from requirements, architecture, and design specs.
• Architect, develop, debug, and maintain UVM‑based verification environments for RTL simulation.
• Develop testcases, including directed and constrained‑random stimulus and assertion‑based checks.
• Run simulations and regressions across RTL, power‑aware RTL, gate‑level, FPGA, and emulation platforms.
• Execute regressions, analyze results, and drive closure of functional and code coverage.
• Identify issues, debug failures, and collaborate with designers to resolve functional bugs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of verification methodologies and flows.

Requirements

Must‑have technical skills and practical verification experience.

• Minimum 5 years of IP or subsystem verification experience.
• Solid understanding of microprocessor architecture, interconnects, and cache coherency.
• Hands‑on CPU verification experience (proprietary cores, RISC‑V, or AI/ML accelerators).
• Strong experience developing testbenches using UVM for IP, subsystem, or SoC verification.
• Familiarity 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) to automate flows and analysis.
• Experience 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 simulation/emulation and post‑silicon environments.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent written/verbal English communication.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience using AI‑based tools to enhance development and verification efficiency.
• 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.