Principal Systems Architect – NFC Mobile Systems (m/f/d)

NXP Semiconductors NV; Gratkorn; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office

Flexible working time

Meal benefits

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors Austria in Gratkorn seeks a Principal Systems Architect – NFC Mobile Systems to define the technical vision and execute architecture for NFC-enabled mobile platforms while guiding customers and engineering teams.

You will drive NFC payments, transport access control, and digital ID solutions across smartphones, wearables and IoT, ensuring compliance with NFC Forum, EMVCo, GlobalPlatform, ISO/IEC standards, and deliver architectures from concept to production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in system architecture, embedded systems, semiconductor products, wireless technologies, or mobile platforms.
• Background in Hardware & Software architectures.
• Good understanding of Short-range Wireless communications systems.
• Preferred experience of NFC technologies and protocols, Mobile device and wearable architectures and Secure transaction architectures.
• Embedded software and firmware architectures.
• Proven experience supporting strategic customer engagements and product deployments.
• Track record delivering complex architectures from concept through production release.
• Understanding of NFC Forum, EMVCo, GlobalPlatform, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 18092, and ISO/IEC 15693 standards & compliance.
• Good leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured working style with strong documentation and problem-solving approach.
• Experience of requirements-management, Verification & Validation processes
• Fluent English, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Define customer specific architectures for NFC-enabled mobile devices and connected ecosystems and provide requirements for future solutions.
• Drive the development of solutions for contactless mobile payment, public transport access control and digital ID, across smartphones, wearables and IoT devices.
• Support technical engagements with strategic customers and ecosystem partners.
• Drive customer design-in activities covering hardware, firmware, software, RF, and system integration.
• Ensure compliance with NFC Forum, EMVCo, Global-Platform, and ISO/IEC standards.
• Provide architectural guidance across hardware, RF, firmware, software, security, and validation teams.
• Lead technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and system-level problem resolution.

Skills

Systems architecture

Embedded systems

Hardware architecture

NFC technologies

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Requirements management

English fluency

Problem solving

Job description

As a Principal Systems Architect – NFC Mobile Systems, you will define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and execution for NFC-based mobile platforms and services. You will serve as the technical authority across NFC ecosystems while influencing architectural direction and supporting customers and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define customer specific architectures for NFC-enabled mobile devices and connected ecosystems and provide requirements for future solutions.
• Drive the development of solutions for contactless mobile payment, public transport access control and digital ID, across smartphones, wearables and IoT devices.
• Support technical engagements with strategic customers and ecosystem partners.
• Drive customer design-in activities covering hardware, firmware, software, RF, and system integration.
• Ensure compliance with NFC Forum, EMVCo, Global-Platform, and ISO/IEC standards.
• Provide architectural guidance across hardware, RF, firmware, software, security, and validation teams.
• Lead technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and system-level problem resolution.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in system architecture, embedded systems, semiconductor products, wireless technologies, or mobile platforms.
• Background in Hardware & Software architectures.
• Good understanding of Short-range Wireless communications systems
• Preferred experience of NFC technologies and protocols, Mobile device and wearable architectures and Secure transaction architectures.
• Embedded software and firmware architectures.
• Proven experience supporting strategic customer engagements and product deployments.
• Track record delivering complex architectures from concept through production release.
• Understanding of NFC Forum, EMVCo, GlobalPlatform, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 18092, and ISO/IEC 15693 standards & compliance.
• Good leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured working style with strong documentation and problem-solving approach.
• Experience of requirements-management, Verification & Validation processes
• Fluent English, written and verbal.

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 after 2 years. 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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