Senior Principal Emulation Engineer (G5)

About the role

NXP is looking for a Senior Principal Emulation Engineer (G5) in Bangalore, within its ACE Emulation & Prototyping organization. The role leads complex SoC emulation programs and manages the ACE Emulation team, covering end-to-end emulation model development, platform enablement, project execution, stakeholder engagement and team growth, while supporting pre-silicon verification, validation, firmware and software development.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, development, qualification and delivery of emulation models for large SoC programs.
• Drive emulation strategy, methodology, performance optimization and debug infrastructure.
• Manage multiple emulation projects, resources, schedules, risks and customer escalations.
• Lead and mentor the Bangalore Emulation team, including hiring, performance management and technical development.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Design, Verification, DFT, Validation, FW/SW and Program Management teams to ensure milestone success.
• Drive automation and process improvements to improve model quality, usability and turnaround time.

Required profile

• B.E./B.Tech/M.S. in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in SoC emulation, verification, digital design or pre-silicon validation.
• Proven experience leading large-scale emulation projects and engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Synopsys ZeBu and Siemens Veloce model development, bring-up, debug and deployment.
• Solid understanding of SoC architecture, RTL design, SystemVerilog/UVM, verification flows and Linux environments.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation with Python, Tcl, Shell or similar.
• Desired: FPGA-based SoC prototyping, firmware/software bring-up and system-level debug, and experience with EDA vendors.

Leadership expectations

• Strong technical leadership able to influence product and methodology direction.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead geographically distributed teams and meet aggressive product milestones.