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

Job Title

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

Role Summary

Join the Munich Digital IP team to perform pre-silicon verification of digital IP blocks such as AI/ML processors, RISC-V cores and related subsystems. Work across architecture, hardware, firmware and software teams to deliver robust, silicon-ready IP.

Experience Level

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

Responsibilities

Design and execute IP verification plans, develop verification environments and testcases, run regressions, and close coverage gaps.

• Define and develop comprehensive IP verification plans from requirements and architecture.
• Architect, develop, debug, and maintain UVM-based verification environments for RTL simulation.
• Develop testcases including stimulus generation and assertion-based verification.
• Run simulations across RTL, power-aware RTL, gate-level, FPGA and emulation platforms; execute regressions and analyze results.
• Drive closure of functional and code coverage; identify and debug failures.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, architecture and system engineering teams on system-level use cases.
• Improve verification methodologies and flows continuously.

Requirements

Key technical and professional requirements.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in IP or subsystem verification.
• Hands-on experience with CPU verification (proprietary cores, RISC-V, or AI/ML accelerators).
• Strong 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 skills in Verilog, SystemVerilog and C/C++.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl, TCL, or Shell).
• Metric-driven verification experience, including functional and code coverage; directed and constrained-random methodologies.
• Working knowledge of formal verification techniques and assertion-based verification.
• Experience debugging in pre-silicon (simulation/emulation) and post-silicon environments.
• Experience using AI-based tools to improve development and verification efficiency.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent written and verbal English.

Nice-to-have:

• Basic conversational German.
• Experience with security-related tasks or security certification processes.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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.