MCU Power Architect

NXP Semiconductors; Catania; In loco; EUR 61.000 - 84.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

NXP Semiconductors in Catania, Italy, is expanding its team to design high‑performance DC‑DC systems for MCU products. The role focuses on defining innovative buck, buck‑boost, and boost architectures and simulating their behavior to meet system requirements.

The ideal candidate has a Master’s in electronic engineering and 10+ years of product development experience, with strong communication and teamwork skills. This on‑site position offers a competitive compensation package in Italy.

Competenze

• Master's degree in electronic engineering required.
• 10+ years of product development experience including switch mode power supplies design and architecture.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Mansioni

• Define power solutions for MCU-based products and develop DC-DC architectures.
• Perform system simulations of DC-DC circuits and assess impairments.
• Coordinate with analog and digital designers to meet performance goals before and after tape-out.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers on the team.

Conoscenze

Power electronics

DC-DC design

System simulation

Team collaboration

Formazione

Master's degree in electronic engineering

Strumenti

MATLAB

Simplis

Descrizione del lavoro

NXP’s Industrial & IoT Edge solutions range from the smallest MCUs to very high-performance processors to provide real-time insights and efficient automation when performance matters most. NXP’s advanced portfolio of edge processing solutions lets developers explore their most innovative ideas with confidence, enabling applications across the autonomous home, industrial automation, and personal electronics NXP is building new teams in Catania to create high impact microcontrollers (MCU) as part of NXP’s intelligent AI at the Edge. This team will include a wide range of engineering talent from analog to SOC digital design. Full product development local will product world class products at a world class pace. This team will include all key engineering disciplines in Design, Architecture, Verification, DfT and Physical Design to produce high performance and quality products.

Role Summary

Define, architect and DC-DC systems for integration in Microcontroller (MCU) products and for MCU based systems System simulation of DC-DC systems based on behavioral models Quantify block level specifications for implementation Quantify implementation impairments in overall system performance Ensure architecture & implementation meet system requirements both pre and post silicon Block level design and integration

Your Responsibility

Work with system architects and marketing to develop power solutions for MCU based products. Define innovative DC-DC, switcher architectures including buck, buck-boost and boost converters. May also include capacitive converters. Simulation of DC-DC, switcher architectures including digital control and analog impairments using simulators like matlab, Simplis or equivalent. Block level analog design when required including layout oversight, review and signoff. Work with analog and digital designers to implement architecture and ensure that requirements are met before AND after tape out. Mentorship and development of junior engineers.

Your Profile

Master's degree in electronic engineering required. 10+ years of product development experience including switch mode power supplies design and architecture. Strong and effective communication and teamwork skills.

NXP is committed to equal pay for equal work and work of equal value and applies fair, consistent and transparent remuneration practices. As of the date of this posting, the estimated gross annual base salary range for this position in Italy is between 61,000 € and 83,900 € annually. This range is intended as a guideline. Actual compensation may vary based on qualifications, experience, skills, and specific business or organizational needs. This position falls under the applicable National Collective Labour Agreement (Metalmeccanica Industria). Where relevant, the total compensation package may also include additional elements such as annual incentive opportunities and/or equity, along with a competitive benefits package. More information about NXP in Italy...

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