Automotive System Engineer

Join the System Incubator team as (senior) automotive system engineer to help us define and develop innovative demos, proof-of-concepts, and system solutions using NXP’s automotive chips and software solutions.

Your Responsibilities

• Help to define and develop innovative demos, proof-of-concepts and system solutions using NXP automotive chips and software solutions.

• Contribute to the development and integration of software in the project to enable application proof-of-concepts and system studies.

• Applications you will work on can be (amongst others) ADAS, in-vehicle networks, connectivity modules, IVI, and E/E vehicle architectures.

• Be ready to explore automotive standards, analysis and simulation tools, innovative solutions and solving problems of future vehicles.

• The job requires interaction with other NXP teams and potentially external partners.

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Your profile

To be successful in this role you have:

• University (of applied sciences) degree: BSc, MSc, PDEng or PhD in a technical specialism, like Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Technologies, or equally relevant.

• Experience in software engineering, including on embedded platforms.

• Expert in modern C++, embedded C, Python, CI/CD infrastructure, Linux, and test automation.

• Experience with code review and software development in teams.

• Experience in automotive communication standards.

• Theoretical and practical experience with Time Sensitive Networking Ethernet and YANG standards.

• Expertise in working with ARM-based embedded automotive processors and automotive network devices.

• Experience in hardware evaluation boards, building board support packages, kernels, and images.

• Experience with correlation of analysis and simulation results with results obtained from hardware evaluation boards.

• Critical mindset in debugging issues and following through with solutions with your fellow team members in complex multi-hardware system setups

• Analytical mindset in digesting experiment data, creating visualizations from complex data sets for discussions with team members and business stakeholders.

• Software architecture capabilities to plan the integration of new features in an existing code base.

• Curiosity into how different building blocks play a role in a bigger system.

• Hands-on experience with vehicle-level simulation tools, such as OMNEST, ChronSIM, Pegase.

You might also have:

• Knowledge of Electronics design that helps to solve issues on the intermediate layer HW-SW.

• Experience in timing simulation tools.

• Experience in automotive analysis and simulator tools and open-source self-driving software.

• Familiarity with semiconductor/automotive field.

• Experience with automotive use cases.

• Experience with NXP S32 Automotive devices and configuration tools (e.g. S32 Design Studio)

Furthermore, you are:

• Willing and ready to pick up new technical skills and dive into new systems, standards, and programming languages.

• Able to integrate individual system building blocks.

• Proficient in communication in English (verbal and written).

• Experienced in working in/with multi-cultural projects/teams.

• A good team player and communicator.

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We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

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What can you expect?

Contract: This is a full-time position with a permanent contract.

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits as part of our CLA. A bonus plan, possibility to purchase extra holidays, an excellent pension plan, a work from home policy, and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount are some examples. When applicable we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to the Netherlands.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we provide you with a mix of learning through on-the-job experiences, learning from industries bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills.

Our offices: The Netherlands is home to our global headquarters (Eindhoven) along with two additional sites (Nijmegen and Delft) and includes a diverse team of over 2000 employees with 51 different nationalities focused on R&D, manufacturing, product development, business operations, legal and sales.

Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us. After a positive screening based on your CV you will have an initial video conversation with our Talent Acquisition Consultant followed by several business interviews. Here are some useful tips to help you prepare. 

And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. Join one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees in the Netherlands, such as our Christmas parties and International Walking Day. We have a YOUNG community that organizes a mix of social and professional events for our young professionals and an active Women in Technology network. We also take time to give back to our communities by engaging young girls to learn about Technology during Girls Day or participating in several volunteering activities.

What’s next?

If you are excited about this opportunity, we kindly invite you to apply!

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