Senior/Lead SoC Emulation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead SoC-level emulation bring-up, execution, and debug using Mentor/Siemens VELOCE, Synopsys ZEBU, or Cadence Palladium
• Own emulation build creation, configuration, partitioning, and optimization for complex automotive SoCs
• Enable and debug pre-silicon software flows using JTAG/SWD interfaces and LTB or other debuggers
• Execute application-specific automotive use cases including boot flows, peripherals, power modes, and safety scenarios
• Drive low-power validation and debug, including power-up/power-down sequences
• Debug and validate clock and reset architectures, including clock trees and reset sequencing
• Enable and debug multi-core ARM boot flows, including primary/secondary core bring-up and synchronization
• Collaborate with RTL, SoC verification, firmware, system, and IP teams
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring across emulation activities and methodologies

Requirements

• 3–6 years of experience in SoC Emulation with hands-on exposure to Synopsys ZEBU, Mentor/Siemens VELOCE, or Cadence Palladium
• Proven expertise in emulation build generation, bring-up, and execution
• Strong debugging skills using JTAG/SWD and LTB debuggers
• Hands-on experience with ARM-based automotive SoCs, including Cortex-M7, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M0+, and Cortex-R52 cores
• Solid understanding of clocking and reset architectures, including clock domain interactions
• Strong knowledge of multi-core ARM booting concepts, core enablement, and inter-core coordination
• Solid understanding of low-power SoC/MCU architectures, power states, clocks, and resets
• Ability to execute and debug realistic software and application workloads on emulation

Preferred Qualifications

• SoC Verification experience involving UVM, simulation, or regression debug

About the Company

NXP Semiconductors enables a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through innovation. As a global leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP pushes boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets.