Experienced System Validation Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Gratkorn; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office

Flexible working time

Meal benefits

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Gratkorn, Austria, seeks a System Validation specialist to design HW setups and lab environments, develop test frameworks, and implement system test cases. You will work with firmware and hardware experts to validate complex UWB-based solutions for automotive, mobile, and industrial applications.

The role emphasizes automation, debugging, and early issue identification, with opportunities to contribute to security-related tasks and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years professional experience in validation and testing.
• Embedded firmware development (test-applications) in C.
• Experience in C# and/or Python.
• Good English writing and speaking skills.
• Willingness to work with lab and measurement instruments, evaluation boards and related hardware equipment.

Responsibilities

• Definition and implementation of HW Setups and Lab Environments.
• Definition and implementation of new features of test frameworks.
• Definition and implementation of system test cases, test firmware and test drivers.
• Execution and automation of system test cases.
• Support of hardware and software experts while debugging identified issues.
• Debugging of system issues; root causing malfunctions; impact analysis
• Creating effort estimates for deliverables
• Contributing to risk assessments for test strategies
• Documenting and presenting results
• Developing proofs of concepts with technical and non-technical experts

Skills

Firmware in C

C#/Python

Lab instrumentation

Independent work

English communication

Tools

Test frameworks

Measurement equipment

Job description

System Validation develops and validates end-to-end solutions based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technologies for Automotive, Mobile, and Industrial applications. The team designs proof-of-concept (POC) implementations to demonstrate customer use cases and validate solution feasibility in real-world environments. It performs use case level product validation, interoperability testing, and Performance KPI validation across hardware, firmware, software, and security components. Close collaboration with product development, architecture, and design teams ensures that solutions meet customer expectations and market requirements. By identifying issues early and validating complete customer scenarios, the department helps deliver robust, secure, and high-quality products. You will be integrated into a team of software and hardware experts and work together with them on testing our products.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Definition and implementation of HW Setups and Lab Environments
• Definition and implementation of new features of test frameworks
• Definition and implementation of system test cases, test firmware and test drivers
• Execution and automation of system test cases.
• Support of hardware and software experts while debugging identified issues.
• Debugging of system issues; root causing malfunctions; impact analysis
• Creating effort estimates for your own deliverables
• Contribution in risk-assessment based selection of test strategies
• Documenting and presenting own results
• Developing proof of concepts together with technical and non-technical experts

Your Profile:

• 3-5 years professional experience in validation and testing
• Strong interest in testing complex systems
• Embedded firmware development (of test-applications) in C
• Willingness to work with lab and measurement instruments, evaluation boards and related hardware equipment
• Experience in C# and/or python
• Highly independent working
• Good English writing and speaking skills
• Good communication skills to align with peers and architects
• Curiosity and enjoying thinking outside the box

Please note: 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 IV. 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.

More information about NXP in Austria... #LI-a8a1 NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through innovation. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. For more information, visit www.nxp.com Bright Minds. Bright Futures. 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 offer online and offline learning opportunities to help you develop some of your core and professional skills.

Commitment At NXP

We recognize NXP is a powerful change agent as we continue to deliver innovative solutions that advance a more sustainable future. We remain steadfast in our commitment to sustainability and making measurable year-on-year progress. Also, we aim to create an inclusive work environment and we will not tolerate racism, discrimination or harassment of any kind. We have programs in place focused on diversity, inclusion and equality.

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