Senior Principal Engineer - SoC Design Verification

Job Title

Senior Principal Engineer - SoC Design Verification

Role Summary

Lead verification strategy and execution for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, with emphasis on ARM-based microcontrollers, low-power verification, and security IP. Hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve verification closure and delivery.

Experience Level

Senior — 12+ years of relevant SoC/IP design verification experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for verification strategy, implementation, and closure at both SoC and IP levels.

• Define and own SoC- and IP-level verification strategy, methodology, and coverage goals.
• Drive design verification (DV) closure across IPs and subsystems; ensure functional safety and security requirements are met.
• Develop and improve verification flows for reuse and efficiency; guide tool and process selection.
• Design, implement, and run UVM-based testbenches, constrained-random tests, assertions, and coverage metrics.
• Execute simulations and debug across RTL, power-aware RTL, gate-level, FPGA prototypes, and emulation platforms.
• Perform regression runs and analyze code and functional coverage to ensure verification completeness.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with design teams for issue resolution and sign-off.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and technical skills.

• 12+ years of SoC/IP design verification experience and proven multiple SoC tape-outs.
• Strong experience with ARM-based microcontrollers and SoC-level verification.
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog and UVM; experience with constrained-random verification.
• Hands-on experience with EDA simulators (Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Mentor Graphics Questa).
• Experience with low-power verification methodologies (UPF), gate-level and power-aware simulations.
• Skilled in SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA), functional coverage, and regression analysis.
• Verification experience with standard interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, eSPI.
• Strong debugging skills across RTL and netlist simulations, FPGA and emulation platforms.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with flash memory and security IPs (crypto engines, security subsystems).
• Familiarity with analog IPs (ADC, DAC, PLLs) and mixed-signal verification considerations.

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.