Sobre esta vaga de SoC Validation Engineer na NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors · Presencial · Austin (Oakhill, Office)
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.
Job Responsibilities:
- 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 issues using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and JTAG debuggers.
- Analyze failures and collaborate with design and verification teams for root-cause identification and corrective actions.
- Validate high-speed interfaces and industry-standard protocols including PCIe, USB, Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and MIPI interfaces.
- Develop Python, Perl, Shell, or C/C++ based automation solutions to improve validation efficiency.
- Review architecture, design specifications, and verification results to ensure complete coverage.
- Support product qualification, reliability testing, and customer issue resolution activities.
- Generate detailed validation reports and communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
- Knowledge of ARM assembly language.
- Experience with Linux environment.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Perl, or Shell scripting).
- Experience with industry-standard interfaces and communication protocols.
- Familiarity with FPGA prototyping and board-level validation.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
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NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.
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