Lead Validation Engineer
NXP Semiconductors · Posted Oct 13
High-performance mixed-signal and standard semiconductor products for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications
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About the role
NXP's silicon validation group works on post-silicon validation and pre-silicon emulation of digital SoCs on leading-edge process technology. The work covers IP and SoC level validation of microcontrollers and key peripherals such as USB, Ethernet, DDR, PCIe, CAN, SPI, I2C and UART. This lead role drives validation requirements and test plans, silicon bring-up and debug, and automation of validation setups to support product release.
What you will do
- As a Silicon Validation Engineer , you will focus on carrying out post silicon validation for different IP blocks on leading edge process technology at IP/SOC level.
- Skilled use of standard lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, Logic analyzers, and other measurement instruments.
- Work independently and provide technical direction for junior team members.
- Interface with and support Design, Verification, Applications, Product and Test Engineering, Marketing, and other design organizations.
- Develop validation requirements and validation test plans for both peripherals and full chip SOC operation based on reference manual and design requirements.
- Validate and debug Silicon in support of product release.
- Develop and improve automated validation setups and scripts.
- Bring up validation test boards, setups, and independently collect data and debug issues.
- Extensive experience in post silicon validation, able to automate the validation process to reduce the overall validation cycle time
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Years of Experience 8 -12 Yrs.
- Experienced professionals in post -silicon validation /Pre – Silicon emulation of digital SOCs.
- Solid experience validating microcontrollers , good knowledge of microcontroller architecture and instruction set.
- Strong experience in C programming language and Assembly Language.
- Solid understanding of Key Peripherals: USB, Ethernet, DDR, PCIe, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, TIMERS, etc.
- Excellent engineering documentation skills, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
- Well organized, methodical, and detail oriented.
- B.Tech/M.Tech (ECE/Electrical)
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As a global semiconductor leader, the company drives innovation in automotive processing, secure connected edge systems, industrial IoT, and mobile communications infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 32169 employees
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
Rafael Sotomayor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bill Betz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lars Reger
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Chris Jensen
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Jennifer Wuamett
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Sustainability Officer
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