Application Engineer – Ethernet Products (Graduate) (fmd)

Your team

The Applications team within the Automotive Ethernet Solutions group provides technical support to our worldwide field application and sales teams as well as directly to customers. Our team is well recognized within the automotive market as experts and belongs to the cross-industry community that introduces novelties in car networking.

We are looking for a motivated graduate or early-career engineer with a passion for embedded systems automotive technologies and hands-on problem solving. The location of this vacancy is Hamburg Germany.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Customer application support activities for Ethernet switch and physical layer products and their application in In-Vehicle Networks (IVN)
• Help investigate technical customer questions through code reviews and schematic reviews
• Reproduction and verification of issues reported by customers; on-site support to identify and debug problems both in software and hardware
• Create customer facing technical documents such as application notes white papers FAQs and product trainings
• Contribute to reference designs and product or solution demonstrators
• Collaborate with other application teams within NXP as well as external partners to help create complete system solution packages
• Support technical trainings and workshops with automotive manufacturers and their suppliers
• Grow your expertise in automotive Ethernet and contribute to knowledge sharing within the automotive networking community through conferences trade fairs articles etc.

Required and desired skills and experience

• First practical experience with hardware and embedded software development using automotive semiconductors & electronics gained through University projects internships working student positions your thesis or initial professional experience
• Some knowledge or hands-on experience with Ethernet switches Ethernet physical layer products and embedded microcontrollers
• Knowledge of the automotive market and applications is a plus
• Knowledge of embedded software development including C/C microcontrollers Low-Level Drivers and/or Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• Good problem-solving skills and an interest in hands-on debugging

Your education and personality

• University degree in Electronics Communications Computer Science or similar
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative cross-cultural mindset
• Independent working style fast learner creative and open for new ideas
• Comfortable working with customers and explaining technical topics
• Fluent in English

Please note:

The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks.

The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.

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