Principal System and Application Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Caen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors NV in France is seeking a Senior Systems & Applications Engineer to help customers adopt a new generation of wireless products that work above 50 GHz and support multi‑gigabit high‑speed interfaces.

You will lead customer engagements from evaluation to production, define use cases and reference architectures, build evaluation kits and demos, write guides, and mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years in systems, applications or hardware engineering.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed interfaces (USB, DisplayPort, eUSB2) and of I2C, SPI and UART.
• Experience with RF or mmWave systems. Antenna design experience is a plus.
• Strong hands-on lab and board-level debugging skills.
• Proven customer-facing experience.
• Fluent English. Willing to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagement with key customers from evaluation to production.
• Define system use cases and reference architectures.
• Drive development of evaluation kits, demo platforms and hardware design kits.
• Write and review application notes, design guides and user manuals.
• Validate products at system level and support complex customer debugging.
• Train customers and field engineers.
• Bring customer input into product definition and roadmap discussions.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Systems engineering

Applications engineering

Hardware debugging

RF/mmWave

High-speed interfaces

I2C/SPI/UART

Antenna design

Customer-facing

Lab work

Travel

Fluent English

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering

BS with equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Systems & Applications Engineer to help customers adopt a new generation of wireless connectivity products that work above 50 GHz and carry multi-gigabit high-speed interfaces. You will lead customer engagements, define use cases, and build the reference designs, demos and technical material that help customers succeed.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagement with key customers from evaluation to production.
• Define system use cases and reference architectures.
• Drive development of evaluation kits, demo platforms and hardware design kits.
• Write and review application notes, design guides and user manuals.
• Validate products at system level and support complex customer debugging.
• Train customers and field engineers.
• Bring customer input into product definition and roadmap discussions.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Your Profile

• MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or BS with equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in systems, applications or hardware engineering.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed interfaces (USB, DisplayPort, eUSB2) and of I²C, SPI and UART.
• Experience with RF or mmWave systems. Antenna design experience is a plus.
• Strong hands-on lab and board-level debugging skills.
• Proven customer-facing experience.
• Fluent English. Willing to travel.

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