Senior SW Development Engineer

Job Title

Senior SW Development Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver low-level embedded software and firmware for automotive microcontrollers and processors on NXP SoCs. Work on AUTOSAR and non-AUTOSAR platforms, drive architecture decisions, collaborate with hardware, systems and validation teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Experience Level

Senior. Specific years of experience not specified in the posting.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include ownership of low-level software development and technical leadership.

• Design and implement embedded low-level software (drivers, firmware) for automotive microcontrollers and processors.
• Own the full software lifecycle: requirements, architecture, design, implementation, integration and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, system, validation, customers) to deliver solutions.
• Drive architecture and implementation decisions, enforce coding standards and best practices (e.g., AUTOSAR, ASPICE).
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing within the team.
• Contribute to process improvements, CI/CD practices and build/tooling where applicable.
• May perform security-related tasks and work to meet security certification requirements.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and capabilities.

• Strong experience in embedded C programming and low-level software development.
• Deep understanding of microcontrollers, CPU architecture, memory systems and interrupts.
• Advanced debugging skills on embedded targets and low-level software.
• Proven experience across the software development lifecycle (requirements through test).
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Nice-to-have

• Experience with automotive and general-purpose peripherals (UART, DMA, timers).
• Knowledge of AUTOSAR standards, tooling and methodologies.
• Experience with memory devices and storage stacks (flash, UFS, eMMC), bootloaders and OTA.
• Familiarity with ARM architectures (Cortex-M7, Cortex-R52, Cortex-M0+) and ARM firmware specs (SCMI, PSCI).
• RTOS experience (AUTOSAR OS, FreeRTOS) and ability to read schematics to understand HW/SW interactions.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, scripting, makefiles and build systems.

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.