Your team
The Automotive Ethernet Segment (AES) is part of the Product Line (PL) In Vehicle Networking (IVN) and is one of the fastest growing segments within NXP. The systems team within AES is responsible for product definition of our Automotive Ethernet switch SoCs, physical layer and software products. The team is defining the System Requirements and System Architecture and provides them to our new product creation teams. We work closely with the application team, marketing team, sales team and directly with customers worldwide.
Our team is well recognized within the automotive market as experts and belongs to the cross-industry community that introduces novelties in car networking. The location of this vacancy is Hamburg (Germany) or Eindhoven (Netherlands).
Your tasks and responsibilities
- Define the system architectures and requirements for Automotive Ethernet PHYs based on their application in In-Vehicle Networks (IVN) and work closely with the R&D team to ensure their correct implementation.
- Interact with customers (car manufactures and tier-1 suppliers) to understand their needs and translate them into product requirements.
- Negotiate product specification details with both customers and R&D while also having the ability to articulate the linkage between performance criteria and device specifications.
- Cooperate with other system architects at NXP and external 3rd parties to define new and innovative product and solution concepts.
- Understand process technologies, packaging options, functional features, design/system constraints and trade-offs, propose viable solutions for the target products.
- Work with product marketing to contribute and influence the definition of successful product roadmaps. Assist marketing with deriving market requirements, technical definition trade-offs and validating value propositions and competitive analysis.
- Willingness and ability to travel and participate in internal functional team and customer meetings worldwide.
- Contribute to thought leadership activities through presentations at conferences, trade fairs, articles, etc.
Required and desired skills and experience
- At least ten years of experience in industrial or automotive semiconductor industry working with physical layer technologies, analog/mixed-signal circuit design or as IC product architect.
- Ideally hands-on experience in defining, implementing, or supporting Automotive PHY products.
- Knowledge of the automotive market and applications is a plus.
- Experience with Functional Safety (ISO26262) and Cyber Security (ISO21434) is a plus.
- Known to deal with multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams and able to drive complex topics to a conclusion.
- Ability to communicate clearly, paying attention to details and the unique needs of different audiences.
- Talent to build strong relationships both to internal and external customers.
Your education and personality
- University degree in Electronics, Communications, Computer Science, or similar
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, cross-cultural mind-set, and team player
- Independent working style, fast learner, creative and open for new ideas
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