Global Applications Engineering Leader for AI-Driven Automotive Platform

NXP Semiconductors NV; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors NV in Austin, TX seeks a senior leader to define and elevate the customer experience for automotive microprocessor platforms in a software-defined and AI-driven era. The Applications Engineering Manager will lead a global organization, guiding customers from evaluation to deployment and ensuring fast adoption of products.

You will align engineering, product, sales, and executive teams, translate customer insights into engineering priorities, and drive disciplined decisions

Qualifications

• Proven leader of large, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations.
• Embedded systems expertise spanning hardware, software, and system architecture.
• Strong software background with modern development, integration, and debugging experience.
• Strategic thinker who converts ambiguity into clear direction and execution.
• Exceptional critical thinker with strong judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Customer-obsessed leader with experience managing complex technical engagements and escalations.
• Influential stakeholder manager able to align engineering, product, sales, and executive leadership.
• Commercially aware, balancing customer needs, technical investment, and business outcomes.
• Experience in automotive semiconductors, SDV platforms, or complex embedded compute systems.
• Track record driving transformation in developer experience, software enablement, and AI-powered engineering.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate a clear strategy for the customer and developer experience.
• Own the technical customer journey from evaluation through deployment, ensuring a differentiated experience.
• Drive alignment across global engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to deliver a consistent experience worldwide.
• Turn customer insights, support trends, and integration pain points into clear engineering priorities.
• Make disciplined decisions that balance customer value, business impact, and long-term platform success.

Skills

Leadership

Embedded systems

Software development

Strategy

Critical thinking

Customer focus

Stakeholder management

Business acumen

Automotive semiconductors

Developer experience

Job description

NXP Semiconductors NV in Austin, TX seeks a senior leader to define and elevate the customer experience for automotive microprocessor platforms in a software-defined and AI-driven era. The Applications Engineering Manager will lead a global organization, guiding customers from evaluation to deployment and ensuring fast adoption of products.

You will align engineering, product, sales, and executive teams, translate customer insights into engineering priorities, and drive disciplined decisions