Engineering Program Manager - Automotive Radar

Job Title

Engineering Program Manager - Automotive Radar

Role Summary

Lead large-scale semiconductor hardware development programs for automotive radar products across analog, digital, SoC integration, verification, and validation. Act as the technical execution leader who aligns multidisciplinary teams and drives programs from concept through production release.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 10–15 years of experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary semiconductor development programs.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end program execution, remove obstacles, and ensure delivery against technical, schedule, and quality targets.

• Lead programs from concept to production release, owning planning, schedules, budgets, staffing, milestones, and dependencies.
• Drive execution across analog IP, digital IP, SoC integration, verification, validation, and system engineering activities.
• Align and coordinate multidisciplinary teams: design, verification, validation, software, product engineering, operations, and product management.
• Create program transparency, enable fact-based decisions, and proactively manage risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with automotive requirements including functional safety and quality standards.
• Represent hardware development in cross-functional governance and executive reviews.
• Build partnerships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and customers to drive program outcomes.

Requirements

Core capabilities and experiences required to succeed in this role.

• Must-have: Proven record delivering complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site semiconductor development programs (about 10–15 years).
• Must-have: Strong technical foundation in hardware design, validation, product engineering, or test engineering; comfortable with technical deep dives while keeping system-level perspective.
• Must-have: Direct experience with complex mixed-signal, analog, RF/mmWave, radar, wireless, or automotive products.
• Must-have: Deep understanding of the semiconductor development lifecycle: concept, architecture, qualification, ramp-up, and production.
• Must-have: Familiarity with automotive development processes, functional safety, and quality-driven execution.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across hardware, software, test, operations, and product organizations; demonstrated stakeholder management and executive communication.
• Resilient, decisive, and effective at removing barriers to delivery in global, multi-site environments.
• Nice-to-have: Previous experience driving SoC integration programs and participating in executive-level governance for hardware programs.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: NXP Semiconductors

Headquarters: Nijmegen, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global semiconductor company that provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions. With over 45,000 employees and operations in more than 35 countries, NXP is a leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, catering to automotive, industrial IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. The company is committed to innovation and sustainability, advancing a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through technology.