An exciting engineering role within an intrapreneurial start-up delivering a brand new product line inside an established corporate organisation. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a new System Applications organisation being built from scratch; shaping how a bleeding-edge, innovative technology is deployed to the world’s leading automotive manufacturers.
The group will form the primary interface between the world’s largest automotive OEMs and tier-1 suppliers and the internal teams developing the technology which drives state-of-the-art cockpit HMI sensing systems. The system products are a combination of analogue-mixed signal circuitry with software-configurable digital signal processing and an array of software algorithms.
As part of being a founding member of the team, it is anticipated that team will establish a dedicated lab for the evaluation, validation and customer debug testing of systems. The lab will likely require an array of specialist test equipment, including robotics and equipment for analogue mixed-signal evaluation of components. In addition, it’s likely that the lab will need to support in-car validation of system functions.
An exceptionally challenging role suitable for a highly-driven, visionary, self-starting System Applications engineer with deep and broad experience in system-level validation, component level verification/evaluation and technical applications support.


Your Responsibilities

• Integrating components to form system products which deliver functions
• Verification of the analogue mixed-signal portions of the silicon components
• Validation and qualification of the system products which deliver the functions
• Delivery and management of customization/tuning of system products for target applications
• Providing system-level application support for functions, both for customers and internal teams
• Defining and delivering the lab environment and equipment for the team to operate within
• Defining the process and procedures necessary for the team to operate
• Provision of system hardware platforms, managing internal groups to deliver components
• Establish methodology for evaluation and provision of customer POCs
• Supporting quick-turn prototyping of system-solutions at customers via POC
EMI/EMC testing and expertise

Yours Profile

• Undergraduate or masters degree in electronics, EE, CS, signal processing or related field
• Experience in analogue mixed-signal, including verification/validation thereof
• Experience in embedded microcontrollers
• Broad technical background, ideally with experience in audio, video or signal processing
• Proven self-starting ability
• English language (spoken and written)
Significant travel (>25%)

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What can you expect?
Contract: This is a fulltime OR parttime position (80%) with a permanent contract.
Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, you will be eligible for our bonus plan and receive lunch vouchers, a higher than average number of vacation days and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount.
We also have a work from home policy and many more benefits. In certain cases we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to Austria.
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 : NXP Graz/Gratkorn is based just outside of Graz, the city with the second highest population in Austria and the capital of the province Styria, with access to a highway, airport proximity and very good public transport connections to Graz.
From there, you can enjoy the variety of opportunities Styria has to offer – whether you prefer outdoor activities in the gorgeous alpine mountains or cultural activities and events in the city of Graz.
Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us. After a positive screening based on your CV you will have an initial phone or video conversation with our Talent Acquisition Consultant followed by several business interviews.
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And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. We like to start our day with a free coffee and chat with a colleague in our social room and every day we offer fresh fruits for all employees. Join us at one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees such as our summer parties, Christmas parties and sports events like a tennis tournament or sledging. Due to our location right next to the river Mur you can also enjoy the beautiful cycling and running path in your break or before/after work, because we also offer welfare facilities.


NXP provides market competitive compensation according to the benchmarking of the electronic and semiconductor industry. Due to the Austrian Equal Treatment Act we are obligated to state the employment group of our applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte Gewerbe und Handwerk und in der Dienstleistung“, this position (fulltime) is graded in Employment Group IV after 2 employment group years. Your individual experiences and expectations will be considered in the application process. Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time, meal benefits and more.


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