Principal EE System Architect - Automotive

Job Summary

This role contributes to a new E/E architecture organization at NXP. The objective is to build expertise at system level within NXP and engage with the OEM advanced engineering team on sub-systems where NXP is building expertise.

Responsibilities

• Use E/E architecture systems 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
• Define and assess SDV automotive software architectures and evaluate SW trade-offs impacting E/E systems – e.g. computation power, functions centralization, middleware, safety & security, etc
• Use this early E/E architecture understanding to influence the definition of new NXP products (processors, power management, communication interfaces)
• Engage with OEMs to define POC studies showing the benefits of NXP products in real vehicle networks
• Work with architecture/simulation tools vendors to make the transition from a simulation world to NXP products easy
• Engage effectively with OEM to build strong technical relationship; positioning NXP as the trusted partner for automotive HW and SW solutions for E/E architecture & understanding the different OEMs vision for future car architecture
• Collaborate with NXP technical and commercial teams to define and implement an overall solution positioning; with associated collateral

Requirements

• Experience of E/E architecture definition and development
• Knowledge and experience of tools used within early E/E architecture definition – understanding tradeoffs and key performance metrics of the OEM
• 8 years+ experience in automotive market
• History of engagement with automotive Tier1 and/or OEM
• Experience in software and system solutions that enable car architecture evolution
• Strong business and technical acumen, customer focus/ external orientation
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – written and verbal