Senior Director, Global Applications Engineering

Job Title: Senior Director, Applications and Solutions Engineering.

Primary Location: Austin, Texas, USA

Role Summary:  Manage a large global engineering team across NA, Europe and Asia, focused on the Solutions Development and Applications support for NXP Advanced Automotive Processors.

Job Responsibility:

• Manage and develop a large global engineering applications team focusing on the integration and development of our combined hardware and software solutions for the Automotive Market Place.

• Define the software and tools environment to support the customer expectations for fast but safe and secure applications Development.

• Develop product demonstrators to exhibit the capabilities of NXP’s latest products

• Be an integral part of the business acquisition process working with the worlds leading Automotive Manufacturers to grow NXP multi billion dollar automotive processor business.

• Develop engineering partnerships with the leading Ecosystems suppliers.

• Identify new ecosystem solutions and work to integrate those into NXP latest solutions.

• Develop support strategies for hardware and software to enable easy and robust product launches at NXP’s key customers.

• Drive a Roadmap of Solutions to both support NXP’s business development but also provide customers with reference designs to enable improved time to market.

• Lead and support NXP’s involvement in key Industry bodies (SAE etc)

Job Qualification:

• Minimum bachelor's degree or above in EE, Computer Science, or Physical Sciences.

• Expected 10 years of experience in Hardware/Software related fields with Team Management responsibilities  

• Strong expertise in Embedded Software and Microprocessor applications

• Solid understanding of Microprocessor Applications and solutions development

• Strong background in Automotive Technology and the development of robust solutions.

• Knowledge of latest security standards and implementations in an auto environment.

• Experience in running large global teams and dealing with key customer expectations and escalations.

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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.