Senior Firmware Verification Engineer (Formal Methods) (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Senior Firmware Verification Engineer with deep expertise in Formal Methods to play a key hands‑on role in strengthening our firmware verification capabilities. This position is highly technical and execution‑focused: you will personally design, implement, and apply advanced verification techniques to ensure the reliability, correctness, and security of embedded firmware across multiple hardware platforms. You will work at the boundary between formal theory and real systems, turning abstract models into practical, automated verification solutions used in production.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain model-based and formal verification frameworks using symbolic model checking tools such as NuSMV.

• Develop formal models of embedded firmware behavior and use them to drive model checking, test generation, and coverage analysis.

• Create and execute automated verification and test pipelines for embedded firmware across different hardware architectures.

• Integrate Model-Based Testing (MBT) and formal verification flows into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous, repeatable quality assurance.

• Perform hands-on functional, performance, stress, robustness, and security testing, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) scenarios.

• Analyze verification and test results in depth, identify root causes of complex defects, and work closely with firmware and hardware engineers to resolve them.

• Continuously refine verification models, assumptions, and tooling based on real product behavior and field feedback.

• Drive technical improvements in verification methodologies by evaluating and introducing new tools, techniques, and best practices—remaining directly involved in implementation.

What We’re Looking For

• Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on professional experience in firmware verification, embedded systems testing, or formal verification in an industrial setting.

• Strong theoretical background in formal methods and computer science, including temporal logic, equivalence relations, and algorithmic complexity.

• Proven hands-on experience applying formal verification or model-based testing to real embedded systems.

• Strong programming skills in C for embedded firmware, and Python and/or Java for verification tooling and automation.

• Ability to independently tackle complex technical problems and translate formal concepts into executable verification artifacts.

• High attention to detail, strong analytical thinking, and a practical, engineering-driven mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience with automated test generation, mutation testing, or coverage-driven verification.

• Familiarity with CI/CD environments such as Jenkins or GitLab CI for embedded or firmware projects.

• Experience with additional formal verification tools or frameworks (SPIN, CBMC, TLA+, etc.).

• Exposure to safety- or security-critical systems where rigorous verification is required.

The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks. The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications, therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.

For applications in Gratkorn: NXP provides market competitive compensation according to the benchmarking of the electronic and semiconductor industry. Due to the Austrian Equal Treatment Act we are obligated to state the employment group of our applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte Gewerbe und Handwerk und in der Dienstleistung“, this position (fulltime) is graded in Employment Group V. Your individual experiences and expectations will be considered in the application process. Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time, meal benefits and more.

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