Senior Digital Verification Engineer

Overview

Within the Crypto & Security Competence Center, you will be part of a dedicated team focusing on research and development for future security applications, ranging from hardware IP design to strong end‑to‑end security solutions. For our Security Design team in Glasgow, UK, we are looking for a highly motivated Digital Verification Engineer to join our team. At this site, our engineers are actively involved in all aspects of security hardware design, delivering high‑end security IP into multiple NXP business lines and a variety of market segments, including Automotive, Microcontrollers, Banking / Mobile and Connectivity.

Engineers contribute throughout the full product lifecycle, from requirements capture and architectural definition through development and verification, to test‑chip and silicon validation.

• Verify functional behaviour of complex digital hardware architectures.
• Create, review, and maintain verification plans, and track verification progress.
• Specify and develop verification strategies, tests, and environments for security features and hardware co‑processors.
• Work with emerging verification methodologies and introduce them into existing verification flows.
• Mentor junior team members in best practices, driving technical excellence and consistency across teams.

• BSc., or MSc., degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with System Verilog for testbench development and verification.
• Proven expertise in UVM (Universal Verification Methodology), including component creation, sequences, drivers, monitors, and scoreboards.
• Solid understanding and practical use of Constrained Random Verification techniques.
• Experience with Metrics‑Driven Verification, including functional coverage and verification planning.
• Ability to write System Verilog Assertions (SVA) for protocol and design checking.
• Demonstrated success in achieving Coverage Closure across functional and code coverage metrics.
• Experience analysing coverage results and refining test strategies to close gaps.
• Strong debugging skills across simulations and complex verification environments.
• Knowledge of Formal Verification methods would be advantageous.

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