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NXP Semiconductors · 16 hours ago

Senior Field Application Engineer

Shanghai, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

NXP Semiconductors is a leader in automotive solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Field Application Engineer to drive the design in and design win of BLE products across Smart Car Access applications. The role involves providing technical support, engaging with customers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product development and deployment.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for delivering field technical support on NXP automotive BLE products/solutions in assigned China Tier1s/OEMs, with in-depth design assistance leveraging NXP technical resources (Product Line Specialist /Market Development Engineer/ Applications Support)

Proactively demonstrate NXP products/solutions to meet customer’s specification and conditions, propose customized solutions together with relative marketing/sales and technical expertise in team, and also influence PL roadmap based on customer feedback

Establish good contact with Customer's technical team, tracking design-in projects progress with regular updates, will have to debug issues faced by the customer in Lab and field, will be required to suggest patches/workarounds for blocking customer issues

Provide remote and on-site support for critical bug fix, system bring-up, and production readiness, conduct detailed SCH/PCB layout reviews to identify potential risks such as signal integrity, low power optimization, and BLE stack/profile adaptation

Create high-quality technical collateral including application notes, troubleshooting guides, and training materials to enable customers and partners at scale

Train DFAEs/DAE and customer engineers, assess technical capabilities, and ensure partners can independently resolve common issues and accelerate project timelines

Qualification

Embedded systems developmentBLE protocol understandingARM Cortex-M architectureEmbedded RTOS experienceCommunication interfaces knowledgeTechnical documentation skillsSelf-study capabilityProductivity tools experienceAI/ML knowledgeBLE channel soundingRSSI sniffingUWB knowledgeNFC knowledgeEnglish speaking

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

More than 3 years' experience in embedded systems development and familiarity with common communication interfaces such as SPI, UART, I²C, CAN/CAN-FD and LIN

Strong understanding of ARM Cortex-M architecture, including exception handling, security boot, lowpower modes, good debug skill in embedded software development and basic RF/hardware capabilities

Strong understanding of BLE protocol and ability to interpret BLE core specifications, experienced in using BLE protocol analyzers (Frontline/Ellisys) and standard lab instruments (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)

Practical experience with embedded RTOS like FreeRTOS/ThreadX/Linux, have good debugger skills

Good English skill in speaking and writing, documentation and reporting skills

Energetic with passion, career wish in automotive industry, strong self-study capability