Senior Design Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Nijmegen; On-site; EUR 34,401 - 49,691; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch vouchers

25 vacation days

Shares purchase plan

Flexible work hours

Work from home policy

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors (Romania) is seeking a Senior HW Design Engineer to translate requirements into robust hardware architectures and drive board-level designs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including design, manufacturing and customer support to ensure high-quality hardware meeting specifications.

We offer a permanent full-time role with competitive compensation, lunch vouchers, vacation days, share purchase options and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years board design and development.
• Strong expertise in schematic capture tools and PCB design flow (preferably Cadence).
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for test (DFT).
• Strong interpersonal and written & oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop functional hardware architectures based on system and product requirements.
• Engage with stakeholders to clarify HW requirements and translate them into optimized hardware design solutions.
• Perform schematic design and capture, ensuring high-quality, manufacturable designs.
• Drive PCB placement and layout guidance, meeting performance and cost targets.
• Select and manage BoM, balancing performance, availability, and cost.
• Conduct hardware simulations to ensure robust system performance.
• Support design bring-up and troubleshooting of hardware prototypes.
• Provide design expertise to application teams and external customers.
• Contribute to improving HW Design competency with best practices.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB design

Cadence

DFM/DFT

Hardware debugging

Signal integrity

Project leadership

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Job description

NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, we are driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has 45,000 employees in more than 35 countries. Additional information can be found by visiting www.nxp.com.

HW Solutions Competency Center (HWS-CC) is a central team within NXP’s Global Operations Engineering (GOE) organization responsible for design, manufacturing, compliance and supply chain operations of hardware boards. The team provides hardware solutions to all business units within NXP through its global presence in North America, EU and Asia. Board types include end-customer, Silicon validation, system solutions, Failure Analyses, and reliability application.

The HWS-CC Senior HW Design Engineer is responsible for end-to-end hardware design, from translating requirements into functional architectures through detailed design and HW debugging. Works in cross functional teams with other HW designers, Project managers, manufacturing engineers, customer support engineers or product validation engineers to ensure high quality HW performing according to specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and develop functional hardware architectures based on system and product requirements
• Engage with stakeholders / requestors to clarify HW requirements and translate them into optimized hardware design solutions
• Perform schematic design and capture, ensuring high-quality, manufacturable designs
• Drive PCB placement and layout guidance, working closely with layout engineers to meet performance, signal integrity, and cost targets
• Select and manage Bill of Materials (BoM), balancing performance, availability, and cost considerations
• Conduct hardware simulations (e.g., signal integrity, power integrity, EM) to ensure robust system performance
• Support design bring-up, and troubleshooting of hardware prototypes
• Provide design expertise to application teams, and external customers as needed
• Contribute in improving HW Design competency by sharing best practices, lessons learned and industry board design technologies

Key Competencies

• Ability to understand system-level requirements and translate them into robust hardware architectures
• Full ownership and leadership in HW design, both at the board and system level
• Strong capability to diagnose issues and optimize designs using simulations and data-driven approaches
• High level of accuracy in schematic design, component selection, and documentation
• Planning, organizing, decision-making & communication skills. Ability to prioritize and execute tasks and projects in a high-pressure environment
• Implement designs that are competitive with industry standards, high quality, cost effective, and delivered on time.
• Skilled in engaging with requestors and stakeholders to align expectations and clarify requirements

Education And Experience

• Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years board design and development
• Strong expertise in schematic capture tools and PCB design flow (preferably in Cadence)
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for test (DFT)
• Strong inter-personal and written & oral communication skills

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

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.

Ready to create a smarter world? Visit our career website and follow us on social: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

What Can You Expect

Contract: This is a fulltime position with a permanent contract

Compensation: Besides a good salary, you will be eligible for our bonus plan and receive lunch vouchers, 25 vacation days and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount. We also have flexible work hours and a work from home policy.

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 offer online and offline learning opportunities to help you develop some of your core and professional skills.

Our office: We are based in one of the high tech hubs in Bucharest with easy access to public transport and restaurants and parks close by. We have many relaxation areas on-site, including a little library where you can borrow books, sofas to relax in a quiet place and a cafeteria and restaurant in our common area.

Life at NXP is more than work alone. We like to start our day with a free coffee and chat with a colleague and on Thursdays we have fresh fruits for all employees. Join us at one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees such as our Christmas parties, our employee children’s party and food fairs. Or help us give back to society by donating blood or collecting clothes and food for children in need.

At the application stage, all candidates should have a valid visa and work permit to work in Romania.

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.

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