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Entry Level Digital Physical Design Engineer

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Entry-level digital physical design engineer at NXP Semiconductors in Austin, TX. Day to day: chip layout implementation, timing/power/quality/rule checks, and design data preparation under senior engineers' guidance, while collaborating with design, verification, and methodology teams and documenting design flows.

Job Responsibility:
-Contribute to physical design activities such as layout implementation, checks, and design data preparation under guidance from senior engineers.
-Assist with timing, power, quality, or rule-check related tasks using standard engineering tools and methods.
-Work with design, verification, and methodology teams to resolve routine issues and improve design quality.
-Help document design flows, results, and lessons learned for project use.
-Contribute to structured execution, technical learning, and successful project milestones.

Requirements/Qualification:
-Recent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree (or graduating soon) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related discipline, within past two years
-Hands-on experience from lab work, design projects, internships, coursework, or student competitions is a plus.
-Familiar with role-related engineering, design, verification, programming, or lab tools; willingness to learn quickly is important.
-Strong foundation in engineering fundamentals, problem solving, testing, and technical documentation.
-Able to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical ideas clearly.
-Good communication skills in English (written and spoken).

Anticipated hire date: Q1 2027

More information about NXP in the United States...

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

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