SoC Validation Engineer

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.