System Innovation (SI) is part of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Innovation Management and System Enablement (IM&SE) at NXP. The System Innovation (SI) group serves as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to Business Lines, GSM, and customers, driving forward‑looking system and application innovations across NXP. The team accelerates insight creation by developing and demonstrating tangible system and application proof‑of‑concepts that showcase NXP's capabilities both internally and to external customers. With a strong focus on anticipating future technology trends, the group gathers and translates innovative system and application insights into meaningful input for BL roadmaps. System Innovation also cultivates and maintains strong partnerships across customers and the broader ecosystem‑including universities, research institutes, and collaborative project consortia‑to enhance innovation and accelerate new business development. By supporting emerging markets and integrating technologies, IP, and products across all NXP entities, the group enables cross‑portfolio solutions that highlight the full potential of NXP's competencies and technology leadership.
Job SummaryNXP is looking for an experienced and highly innovative System Architect Radar Systems to drive the definition, development, and deployment of next‑generation automotive and robotic radar solutions. In this role, you will provide technical leadership to the system innovation team from concept creation and system architecture through hardware realization, embedded software implementation, system integration, and validation. You will work closely with multidisciplinary global teams to introduce advanced sensing and radar concepts for automotive and robotics applications. The ideal candidate combines a strong foundation in RF and radar technologies with deep expertise in signal processing, embedded systems, algorithm development, and practical system realization. You are passionate about solving difficult technical challenges, capable of bridging multiple engineering disciplines, and able to drive innovation from idea to implementation.
Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership- Development of system solutions / demos to show off the features and benefits of our radar products
- Lead technical decision‑making across radar sensing, RF front‑end, signal processing, embedded software, and system integration domains
- Drive innovation through the development of new radar concepts, algorithms, diagnostics, and sensing capabilities
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across globally distributed development teams
- Act as a key technical interface toward customers, partners, and internal stakeholders
- Define radar system requirements, performance budgets, and technical specifications
- Drive radar architecture trade‑off analyses covering RF performance, antenna concepts, signal processing, compute requirements, power consumption, and cost
- Lead development of advanced FMCW radar sensing solutions, including calibration, diagnostics, interference mitigation, and performance optimization
- Define system validation approaches and performance metrics from simulation through vehicle‑level testing
- Support technology roadmaps for future radar and sensing platforms
- Drive end‑to‑end system integration from silicon and RF subsystems to complete radar applications
- Define and execute laboratory, vehicle, and customer validation activities
- Develop innovative test methodologies, measurement setups, and automation frameworks
- Support root‑cause analysis and resolution of complex system‑level issues
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Telecommunications, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in radar systems, RF systems, ADAS sensing, or related high‑performance embedded systems
- Proven track record defining and delivering complex system architectures from concept through production
- Strong expertise in FMCW radar systems and radar signal processing
- Deep understanding of RF systems, antennas, and radar front‑end architectures
- Extensive experience in algorithm development, simulation, implementation, and system validation
- Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, C and/or C++
- Experience working across hardware, software, and algorithm development disciplines
- Strong analytical and debugging skills with a hands‑on engineering mindset
- Experience with automotive radar products operating in the 77GHz and 79GHz bands
- Knowledge of radar SoCs, radar transceivers, and embedded radar processing architectures
- Experience with antenna concepts, antenna matching, and RF characterization
- Knowledge of functional safety (ISO 26262) and automotive development processes
- Experience with machine‑learning‑assisted sensing applications
- Experience implementing DSP algorithms on embedded processors, DSP cores
€90000 - €130000 monthly