NXP Semiconductors

Embedded AI Microprocessors (MPU) Field Applications Engineer

NXP Semiconductors • $110K — $130K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • 5+ years in development engineering or applications support of microprocessor-based systems
  • Field Application Engineering experience in semiconductors
  • Proficient in C and C++ with embedded firmware development experience
  • Familiarity with SoC hardware interfaces (e.g., Ethernet, USB)
  • Knowledge of ARM Cortex architectures and Real-Time OS systems
  • Experience with embedded Linux environments, including kernel and user-space

Responsibilities

  • Deliver top-notch technical support to assigned customers
  • Drive design wins in target accounts and technologies
  • Lead proof of concept and solution design activities
  • Analyze customer and competitor insights to refine product definitions
  • Direct design-in campaigns to align with customer technology roadmaps
  • Quantify and communicate NXP product value over competitors
  • Educate Field Sales Engineers on emerging technologies and features

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a global technical community
  • Opportunity to influence customer technology trajectories
  • Engagement in high-impact projects with leading-edge technology
  • Access to ongoing professional development and training
  • Flexibility to adapt plans based on dynamic situations
Full Job Description
Position Overview

As a Embedded AI MPU Field Application Engineer, you'll be one of the key players in the Customer Application Support team and part of a worldwide technical community providing premium technical support to NXP customers and their projects. You drive demand creation and design-in activity at customer sites in close cooperation with the NXP business lines; you provide technical skills & support to NXP's sales staff and will work with the NXP technical community about technical issues and future roadmap of your customer(s). We rely on you to deliver the NXP value message in a persuasive and accurate manner, in order to increase our market share.

Key Responsibilities for the role:
  • Deliver premium technical support in content and time to assigned customers
  • Accountable to drive design wins in their target accounts and target technology
  • Leads proof of concept, solution design and demonstrations to secure NXP solution's design-in
  • Synthesizes customer and competitive insights to improve product definition and roadmaps
  • Direct the NXP design-in campaigns for assigned customers to ensure early involvement in the customer's technology roadmap and timely flow of information to all necessary parties within NXP and customer
  • Qualifies the value proposition of NXP's products (strengths versus competitive products) and quantifies the technical benefits derived from choosing NXP
  • Own the system software architect role to ensure broader technical team understands the software value proposition for system proposals
  • Successfully build relationships with sales team members, business lines, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives
  • Analyze customer's technical objectives through the use of relevant data gathering techniques enabling the sales team to be more predictive, effective and responsive to customer needs
  • Assist in educating Field Sales Engineers on new technologies, new product features and their related business value
  • Develops system level knowledge of target application spaces in Industrial and IoT vertical markets


Key Success Attributes
  • Manage projects on both detailed technical and high-level abstraction levels
  • Ability to influence and communicate the value of NXP's products, based on inspiration, motivation and product expertise
  • Flexible; adapts to plans easily when circumstances change
  • Is aware of cultural differences and adapts his/her behavior accordingly
  • Feels challenged by initiating and driving innovations
  • Comfortable working in a target driven environment/working with revenue targets, raising the bar to meet (quarterly) targets and enhance the company's market share
  • High level of integrity, credibility, tenacity and commitment to excellence
  • Curious about target customer needs, competitor technology, the eco system and next generation technologies
  • Builds a reputation of being the go-to person for regional and business line teams to create opportunities to win and problem solve


Essential Requirements
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent. Minimum 5 years development engineering or applications support of microprocessor based embedded systems
  • Field Application Engineering experience in the semiconductor industry
  • Experience with C and C++ and a record of developing embedded firmware
  • Demonstrated knowledge of typical SoC hardware interfaces (Ethernet, MIPI, SDIO, LP DDR4/5, Quad/Octal SPI, USB2.0/3.0, UART)
  • Knowledge of ARM Cortex A, M and R based architectures and register programming models
  • Experience using Real-Time OS systems: QNX, FreeRTOS and Zephyr preferred
  • Knowledge in embedded Linux is essential: kernel, user-space and uboot environments
  • Hands on knowledge of graphics and video subsystems and related software drivers helpful
  • Knowledge of Edge AI applications deployment is beneficial
  • Familiarity with CNNs, LLMs, VLMs, Agentic AI a plus
  • Ability to read, understand and review schematics and provide design recommendations highly desirable
  • Willing to travel up to 30% within continental US
  • Experienced in providing technical training to sales staff and distributors
  • Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies
  • Develop system level understanding of target end-applications


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About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a Dutch semiconductor manufacturer with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The company employs approximately 31,000 people in more than 35 countries, including 11,200 engineers in 33 countries. NXP reported revenue of $8.88 billion in 2020. The company's products are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications. NXP is the co-inventor of near field communication (NFC) technology along with Sony and supplies NFC chip sets that enable mobile payments, as well as secure access to cars and buildings.
Learn more about NXP Semiconductors
Size
31,000 employees
Market Cap
$39.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$52 million
Founded
1953
5 Year Trend
+3.1%
Revenue
$8.6 billion
NASDAQ
NXPI
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