Senior Principal Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Senior Principal Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Lead verification for complex SoC, IP, and modem subsystem designs. Drive verification strategy, architecture, methodology, and execution across global engineering teams to achieve data-driven signoff.

Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-discipline activities with architecture, design, firmware, validation, and software groups.

Experience Level

Senior-level - requires extensive industry experience. The role expects 12+ years of design verification experience in semiconductor product development.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Own verification strategy, planning, execution, and signoff for complex SoC/IP and modem programs.
• Architect scalable, reusable SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments.
• Develop verification plans, coverage models, assertions (SVA), scoreboards, and checking methodologies.
• Drive coverage closure and signoff using data-driven quality metrics.
• Debug complex design and verification issues; lead root-cause analysis and resolution across teams.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, validation, and software teams and influence microarchitecture and design decisions.
• Lead technical reviews, mentor verification engineers, and promote verification best practices.
• Coordinate effectively across global sites and time zones to ensure project execution.
• Drive methodology, automation, and productivity improvements across projects.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required (approximately 5%).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience, and desirable additional experience:

• Must-have: 12+ years of hands-on design verification experience leading verification for complex SoCs, subsystems, or high-performance IPs.
• Expert-level SystemVerilog, UVM, SVA, constrained-random verification, and coverage-driven methodologies.
• Strong debugging, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in scripting: Python, Perl, Tcl, Shell, or similar.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

• Nice-to-have: experience with USB, DisplayPort, USB Type-C, USB Power Delivery, I2C, SPMI, SPI protocols.
• Modem verification experience, including wireless subsystems and modem-related IPs.
• Familiarity with formal verification, assertion-based verification, and low-power verification (UPF/CPF).

Education Requirements

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