What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Application Engineer – Radar System position at NXP Semiconductors?
Job Title: Field Application Engineer – Radar System
Location: Midwest, US
Global Sales Introduction
AI is rapidly moving beyond research labs and into the real world—powering advancements in vehicles, factories, hospitals, homes, and everyday devices. NXP’s Global Sales organization is the force that transforms our intelligent edge vision into meaningful market impact. We operate on the front lines of innovation, delivering real‑world AI, secure edge intelligence, and breakthrough technologies to the customers shaping tomorrow’s world. As a strategic partner at the intersection of customer ambition and NXP capability, our global sales team drives alignment, opens new markets, and builds the relationships that lead to design wins and revenue growth. Through deep market insight and long‑term collaboration, we embed customer‑centricity into every decision and help accelerate innovation at the system‑solution level. This disciplined, client‑first mindset enables us to architect integrated, future‑ready solutions that deliver sustained value and strengthen NXP’s competitive advantage. We thrive in a high‑performance, high‑ownership environment—competing boldly, executing with urgency, and celebrating results. If you want to win big, grow fast, and work with the customers building what’s next, NXP Global Sales is where ambition becomes achievement.
Job Responsibility
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.
Location: Midwest, US
Global Sales Introduction
AI is rapidly moving beyond research labs and into the real world—powering advancements in vehicles, factories, hospitals, homes, and everyday devices. NXP’s Global Sales organization is the force that transforms our intelligent edge vision into meaningful market impact. We operate on the front lines of innovation, delivering real‑world AI, secure edge intelligence, and breakthrough technologies to the customers shaping tomorrow’s world. As a strategic partner at the intersection of customer ambition and NXP capability, our global sales team drives alignment, opens new markets, and builds the relationships that lead to design wins and revenue growth. Through deep market insight and long‑term collaboration, we embed customer‑centricity into every decision and help accelerate innovation at the system‑solution level. This disciplined, client‑first mindset enables us to architect integrated, future‑ready solutions that deliver sustained value and strengthen NXP’s competitive advantage. We thrive in a high‑performance, high‑ownership environment—competing boldly, executing with urgency, and celebrating results. If you want to win big, grow fast, and work with the customers building what’s next, NXP Global Sales is where ambition becomes achievement.
Job Responsibility
- Provide pre-sales technical leadership in 77GHz Radar systems architecture, silicon selection, bring-up, and protocol stack integration.
- Support customers in their design of radar systems including high end MPUs Design support through schematic and PCB reviews, bench bring-up, debugging, tracing, root-cause analysis, and customer troubleshooting.
- Deliver on-site and remote proof-of-concept builds using NXP evaluation kits.
- Lead technical training—webinars, workshops, and internal alignment sessions.
- Oversee project coordination across stakeholders, manage timelines, and document deliverables.
- Bachelor’s or master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- 3 years working with RTOS with ARM cores, proficient in C embedded development, and IDE tools.
- Core understanding of ADAS applications including perception, sensor fusion, classification, path planning
- Able to autonomously work on-site at customers
- Bring up customer HW (radar sensor) and associated software integration
- Work with MCU and MPU debug and tracing tools such as Lauterbach.
- Ability to debug interfaces such as but not limited to: Boot from flash (QSPI), MIPI CSI, Ethernet and DDR.
- Working with test tools such as oscilloscope, network analyzer, etc.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with MPUs, MCUs, debugging and trace solutions like Lauterbach or similar.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Prior experience as a Field Application Engineer or similar customer-facing role.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
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.