Senior System Field Application Engineer (FAE) Advanced Drones (fmd)

As part of the evolution of our System Field Application Engineer (FAE) team deployment we have a need for someone to leadthe system activities in aerospace with a focus on dual-usage drones.

The ideal candidate will bring expertise in drone system architecture avionics connectivity autonomy and mission system integrationfor dual-usage drones along with a semiconductor architecture or R&D background andhands-on experience designing with components.

Inthis senior role working closely with the Key Account Managers you will be the primary technical interface to system architectsand systemdevelopers at our customersin Aerospace for advanced drone your technical insights along with coordinating those of Business Line experts/architects around NXPs system solutions& products. Understanding their technical needs and challenges as well as interpreting evolving industry trends will allow you to work closely with our Business Lines and Engineering teams to influence NXP products and solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate System FAE activities and communications for advanced drone systems in Aerospace.

• Primary technical interface to drone system architects and system developers at our customers.

• Provide technical insight and support around NXPs system solutions & products for drone platforms avionics and mission systems.

• Propose NXP system solutions to meet customer requirements.

• Build Customer System knowledge including emerging market/technology trends & requirements.

• Create system-level trainings application notes white papers and brochures (internal & external).

• Translate customer and market needs into requirements for internal R&D HW and software organizations.

• Specify application use cases and performance targets for SoC modules and IP under development and make the right tradeoffs to lead the technical team.

• Collaborate with R&D engineering on specifications and implementation and with marketing customers and partner teams on architectural specification concepts and details.

• Establish and develop strategic relationships with key engineering contacts up to management level at our customers.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering Aerospace Engineering Mathematics Computer Science or similar required Masters preferred.

• 10 years of relevant experience

• Strong understanding of relevant Aerospace & advanced drone systems applications and semiconductor components.

• Ideally a mix of H/W & S/W skills in your given area of expertise.

• Strong customer engagement skills with direct experience supporting Aerospace & specifically drone customers preferred.

• Ability to work at the system-level identifying optimal partitioning of solutions between HW and software.

• Comfortable working with the ambiguity inherent in implementing new technologies.

• Good written and verbal communication/presentation skills spanning technical contributors business stakeholders customers and management. Information sharing working as a team player and striving for clarity comes naturally to you.

• Willingness to travel (30%)

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