Senior Digital Design Engineer

Senior Digital IC Designer

Location: Milan, Italy – NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors is seeking a Senior Digital IC Designer to contribute to the development of advanced mixed-signal integrated circuits for automotive and industrial electrification applications. The successful candidate will play a key role in the design, implementation, and integration of digital subsystems, working closely with architects, verification engineers, and multidisciplinary development teams

Key Responsibilities

Digital Design and Implementation

• Develop RTL designs for complex digital blocks and subsystems using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Contribute to digital architecture definition together with senior designers and system architects.
• Analyze design trade-offs related to performance, power consumption, area, safety, and testability.
• Implement robust clocking, reset, and power management strategies.
• Support IP integration and subsystem-level development.

Design Quality and Verification Support

• Perform RTL verification activities, including simulation, lint, CDC, and synthesis checks.
• Collaborate closely with digital verification engineers to ensure specification coverage and design quality.
• Support timing closure and implementation activities.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to sign-off readiness.
• Support silicon bring-up, debugging, characterization, and root-cause analysis.

Mixed-Signal and Product Development Collaboration

• Work effectively within mixed-signal project teams including analog designers, verification engineers, system architects, and application engineers.
• Contribute to requirements definition and technical feasibility analysis.
• Support multiple development phases from concept through production release.
• Promote reuse of digital IPs and design methodologies.

Functional Safety and Quality

• Contribute to the implementation of safety mechanisms in compliance with automotive standards.
• Support functional safety analysis and reviews.
• Follow established development processes and quality standards for automotive and industrial products.

Team Contribution

• Provide technical support and guidance to less experienced engineers.
• Share knowledge, methodologies, and best practices within the team.
• Collaborate effectively across international R&D sites.

Required Skills

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in digital IC design.
• Strong experience in RTL development using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Experience with synthesis, timing constraints, and digital implementation flows.
• Understanding of CDC, reset strategies, and low-power design concepts.
• Familiarity with DFT fundamentals and design-for-test methodologies.
• Experience working in mixed-signal IC development environments.
• Knowledge of digital verification methodologies and simulation-based verification.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA).
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automotive or industrial semiconductor products.
• Familiarity with automotive functional safety concepts (ISO 26262).
• Experience with electrification applications such as Battery Management Systems (BMS), High Voltage Gate Drivers, or Power Management ICs.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing techniques.
• Experience supporting first silicon bring-up and product qualification activities.
• Experience working within geographically distributed development teams.

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