Automotive E/E System and Software Architect

Context

NXP is the market leader in processing, networking and power management solutions for the automotive market and seeks to aggressively accelerate the market. By anticipating market needs and comprehensively responding to them, NXP is extending its value proposition toward system solution.

The automotive market is in an acceleration phase, with massive parallel innovation occurring across all domains with the adoption of the most advanced technologies.

This unique moment in time represents both an unprecedented opportunity for our customers and an extraordinary demand on their resources and capabilities. The three domains of the highest complexity for the market are Software, Functional Safety, and Security. In order to accelerate the migration to the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) and enable early engagement with the automotive OEMs, our strategic objective is to develop system and software expertise on E/E architecture and SDV

Role and Responsibilities

This role has a primary objective to contribute to a new Automotive System and Platform architecture organization at NXP. The objective of the System architecture team is to build expertise at system and software level within NXP and to engage with the OEM advanced engineering team to offer support on sub-systems where NXP is building expertise. Such sub-systems are leveraging NXP expertise and portfolio in processing, networking, power management, security and safety.

The specific role here is for a system and software Architect who is eager and curious to contribute through analysis and experimentation in the next generation Architecture trend as well as in our CoreRide Platform Architecture System and SW definition and execution within the Automotive System and Platform Architecture organization.

Job Summary

• Use Architecture systems and Software engineering tools to understand architecture trade-offs and how they are impacted by NXP products – e.g. network topologies, functional safety, wake-up times, communication latencies, security, power distribution & management, etc
• Hands-On, Prototyping on different Archetype to analyse and explore different partitioning and Key Performance Indicators (Power and Performance)

• Collaborate with NXP engineering and Architecture Automotive teams on various Architecture exploration, analysis and execution
• Define System and Software Architecture solutions for our CoreRide platforms that covers different archetypes, either Central or Zonal
• Deliver System and Software Architecture specifications and support the execution teams ensuring feedback loop and fast convergence

Core Competencies

• Experience of System and Software architecture definition and development

• Knowledge and experience in vehicle functions and Software Platforms from drivers to middleware – understanding trade-offs and key performance metrics of an automotive platform

• Strong Software Architecture skills to define frameworks and components with the understanding of the interdependencies within the global system ECU or Vehicle  
• 8 years+ experience in automotive market
• History of engagement with automotive Tier1 and/or OEM
• Experience in hardware, software and system solutions that enable car architecture evolution
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – written and verbal

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