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SoC Validation Engineer

NXP Semiconductors · Austin (Oakhill, Office) · On-site

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About the role

NXP is seeking a highly motivated Digital SoC Validation Engineer to join the Silicon Validation team in Austin, Texas. The successful candidate will be responsible for both pre-silicon emulation and silicon validation, debug, and characterization of complex System-on-Chip (SoC) products used in automotive, industrial, networking, and IoT applications. In this capacity, the successful candidate will be developing test plans, writing/porting test code, and executing/debugging tests on both emulation and silicon.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • 10+ years of experience in SoC validation, emulation / silicon validation
  • Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals, computer architecture, and SoC architectures
  • Experience with embedded processors such as ARM-based systems
  • Knowledge of hardware debug techniques and laboratory equipment
  • Experience in C programming language
More about this role

NXP is seeking a highly motivated Digital SoC Validation Engineer to join the Silicon Validation team in Austin, Texas. The successful candidate will be responsible for both pre-silicon emulation and silicon validation, debug, and characterization of complex System-on-Chip (SoC) products used in automotive, industrial, networking, and IoT applications. In this capacity, the successful candidate will be developing test plans, writing/porting test code, and executing/debugging tests on both emulation and silicon. This role requires close collaboration with design, verification, firmware, software, and product engineering teams to ensure high-quality silicon releases.

  • Develop validation plans for digital SoC subsystems and full-chip functionality from design specifications.
  • Develop and/or port validation test content at IP, sub-system, and/or SoC level features/interfaces.
  • Bring-up, execute, and debug validation tests on both pre-silicon emulation and actual silicon.
  • Perform characterization and debug of silicon devices under process, voltage, and temperature variations.
  • Design and develop validation environments, test frameworks, and automation scripts.
  • Debug silicon...

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