Field Application Engineer – Radar System

Job Title

Field Application Engineer – Radar System

Role Summary

Provide pre-sales technical leadership for 77 GHz radar systems, supporting customers from architecture and silicon selection through bring-up, debugging, and protocol-stack integration. The role sits within Global Sales and focuses on enabling customer design wins and system-level radar solutions.

Experience Level

Mid-level — requires approximately 3+ years of relevant experience in embedded systems and customer-facing engineering roles.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead pre-sales technical activities for 77 GHz radar system architecture, silicon selection, and integration.
• Support customer designs: schematic and PCB reviews, bench bring-up, debugging, tracing, and root-cause analysis.
• Deliver on-site and remote proof-of-concept builds using evaluation kits.
• Lead technical training sessions, webinars, and internal alignment meetings.
• Coordinate projects across stakeholders, manage timelines, and document technical deliverables.
• Perform on-site customer support for hardware bring-up and software integration.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• 3+ years working with RTOS on ARM cores; proficient in embedded C and common IDE/tools.
• Experience with MPUs/MCUs and debugging/trace tools (e.g., Lauterbach) for bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Ability to debug interfaces such as boot from flash (QSPI), MIPI CSI, Ethernet, and DDR.
• Hands-on use of test equipment (oscilloscope, network analyzer, etc.).
• Core understanding of ADAS topics: perception, sensor fusion, classification, or path planning.
• Prior customer-facing experience (Field Application Engineer or similar) and strong verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to travel up to 50% and to work autonomously at customer sites.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with radar evaluation kits and protocol stack integration.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience accepted.

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.