FPGA and Emulation Prototyping Engineer - MCU

About the role

NXP is building a new team in Catania to develop high‑impact micro‑controllers. We are looking for an experienced FPGA and Emulation Prototyping Engineer to support pre‑silicon validation of complex MCU SoCs.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, bring‑up and maintain emulation/FPGA prototyping platforms such as HAPS‑100, Veloce, Palladium or ZeBU.
• Integrate and debug RTL blocks on Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGA devices.
• Collaborate with design, verification and software teams to create and optimise emulation environments.
• Automate build and deployment flows using Python, Tcl or Shell scripts.
• Document design flows, debug procedures and provide training to internal teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in FPGA‑based prototyping and emulation.
• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals and experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog.

Required skills

• FPGA tools: Vivado, Quartus, Synplify or equivalents.
• Emulation platforms: Veloce, HAPS‑100, Palladium, ZeBU.
• Hardware description languages: Verilog, SystemVerilog.
• Software languages: C, C++.
• Scripting: Python, Tcl, Perl, Shell.
• Experience with Xilinx and Intel/Altera FPGA families.