ENTRY LEVEL - SYSTEMS & APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

NXP Semiconductors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Austin is seeking an early-career Systems Applications Engineer for i.MX processors. You will support customers across hardware and software bring-up, work with global teams, and help design reference boards and demos.

Responsibilities include debugging, porting drivers, and contributing to documentation. A Bachelor's in CS/CE with ARM experience is required, with strong C skills and Linux/Android familiarity. Q1 2027 anticipated hire date.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science; up to 2 years experience.
• Experience with embedded systems on chip, especially ARM Cortex.
• Proficient in C programming; Linux/Android kernel modules and drivers.
• Technical writing skills for notes, white papers, and guides.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient support of the i.MX processors for customers.
• Collaborate with customers, partners, worldwide IC design and other teams.
• Develop applications, demos, drivers, and porting on i.MX.
• Create reference designs and validation boards for SoCs.
• Review manuals, data sheets, and developer guides.

Skills

Embedded ARM Cortex

C programming

Linux/Android

Device drivers

Technical writing

OpenGL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

GDB

U-Boot

Linux

Android

OpenGL

Job description

Business Unit Description

NXP’s Edge Processing business unit empowers Edge computing with an embedded compute portfolio of processors & microcontrollers that are built on the foundation of scalability, performance efficiency, security, and intelligence. The product lines span consumer electronics, wearable and personal products, healthcare and medical devices, smarter homes, intelligent Industries, as well as traditional networking and communications products.

Department Description

Be part of the Microcontroller Systems Engineering Team based in Austin, Texas, responsible for supporting i.MX processors.

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations

You will report to the MPU Systems Mgr. in Austin, Texas USA. Working as a system applications engineer, your primary role is to provide efficient support of the i.MX processors in tight collaboration with the customers, partners, worldwide IC design team and other systems teams for customer applications support.

• Be the focal point and become an expert in all of NXP i.MX processors products (training provided).
• Provide support to NXP customers at all levels, providing help in their product development, board bring-up, software development and system-level debug to ensure successful customer product launch.
• Provide support to customers in all phases of the design process including evaluation, design-in and production.
• Provide support on usage of NXP hardware platforms, reference designs, and software deliverables including u-boot, Linux & Android.
• Understand customer requests and participate to the NXP product enhancement (NPI Process).
• Build application / demos / drivers porting or development on innovative multimedia, connectivity, infotainment with the i.MX processor family.
• Build innovative functions or use case demonstrators in all applications fields: video, connectivity… perform technical feasibility studies on key functions build reference designs in various strategic domains, application notes and white papers writing.
• Review Reference Manuals and Data Sheets and contribute to Developer guides and "Ease-of-use" manuals.

Specific Knowledge/Skills

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science. Master's degree preferred. Up to 2 years of experience and high level of proficiency in the following areas: Experience with embedded Systems on Chip, especially the ARM Cortex architecture.
• Experience using software debugging tools to view and program processor registers.
• Highly proficient in the C programming language Embedded software development and debug experience including one of more of the following: Linux, Android, kernel modules and device drivers.
• Technical writing skills for creating application notes, white papers, and user’s guides / reference manuals.
• Familiarity with multimedia and graphics technologies is a major plus (OpenGL, 3D graphics, video decode, GStreamer) Working with the marketing, SOC design, architecture, validation, and application teams to write and develop design specifications for PCB reference design and validation board hardware for new SoCs.

Anticipated hire date

Q1 2027

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