Field Applications Engineer - Microprocessors

Position Overview

As a MPU Field Application Engineer, you’ll be one of the key players in the Customer Application Support team and part of a worldwide technical community providing premium technical support to NXP customers and their projects. You drive demand creation and design‑in activity at customer sites in close cooperation with the NXP business lines; you provide technical skills & support to NXP’s sales staff and will work with the NXP technical community about technical issues and future roadmap of your customer(s).

We rely on you to deliver the NXP value message in a persuasive and accurate manner, in order to increase our market share.

• Deliver premium technical support in content and time to assigned customers
• Accountable to drive design wins in their target accounts and target technology
• Leads proof of concept, solution design and demonstrations to secure NXP solution’s design‑in
• Synthesizes customer and competitive insights to improve product definition and roadmaps
• Directs the NXP design‑in campaigns for assigned customers to ensure early involvement in the customer’s technology roadmap and timely flow of information to all necessary parties within NXP and customer
• Understands and communicates how ecosystem solutions can position NXP in the best possible manner
• Qualifies sales opportunities in terms of customer technical requirements and establishes NXP’s value proposition/position relative to the competition
• Qualifies the value of NXP’s products (strengths versus competitive products) and quantifies the technical benefits derived from choosing NXP
• Owns the system software architect role to ensure the broader technical team understands the software value proposition for system proposals
• Builds relationships with sales team members, business lines, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives
• Analyzes customer’s technical objectives through relevant data gathering techniques enabling the sales team to be more predictive, effective and responsive to customer needs
• Assists in educating Field Sales Engineers on new technologies, new product features and related business value
• Develops system level knowledge of target application spaces in Automotive and Industrial vertical markets

• Manages projects on both detailed technical and high‑level abstraction levels
• Masters the fundamental mechanics of the sales call
• Influences and communicates the value of NXP’s products based on inspiration, motivation and product expertise
• Adapts flexibly to changing plans and circumstances
• Adapts behavior in awareness of cultural differences
• Initiates and drives innovations when challenged
• Works comfortably in a target‑driven environment, meeting quarterly revenue targets and enhancing market share
• Maintains high integrity, credibility, tenacity and commitment to excellence
• Shows curiosity about target customer needs, competitor technology, ecosystem and next‑generation technologies
• Builds a reputation as the go‑to person for regional and business line teams to create opportunities and solve problems

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent; minimum 5 years development engineering or applications support of microprocessor‑based embedded systems
• Field Application Engineering experience in the semiconductor industry
• Experience with C and C++ and a record of developing embedded firmware
• Knowledge of typical SoC hardware interfaces (Ethernet, MIPI, SDIO, LP DDR4/5, Quad/Octal SPI, USB
  2.0/3.0, UART, SPI, I2C)
• Knowledge of standard industrial communications protocols (PROFINET, Ether
  
  CAT, TSN)
• Knowledge of ARM Cortex‑A and Cortex‑M based architectures and register programming models
• Experience using Real‑Time OS systems
• Embedded Linux knowledge essential: kernel, user‑space and u‑boot environments
• Hands‑on knowledge of graphics and video subsystems and related software drivers (helpful)
• Knowledge of Edge AI application deployment beneficial
• Ability to read, understand and review schematics to provide design recommendations highly desirable
• Willing to travel up to 30% within continental US
• Experience providing technical training to sales staff and distributors
• Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies
• Develops system level understanding of target end‑applications

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.