Technical Director, SoC Architect
NXP Semiconductors · Posted Nov 6
High-performance mixed-signal and standard semiconductor products for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications
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About the role
NXP develops next-generation microcontrollers for industrial, automotive, and IoT markets. The role defines and drives MCU SoC architecture, balancing real-time determinism, performance, power efficiency, safety, and security. It works with SoC design, IP, software, and product teams to deliver production-ready architectures.
What you will do
- Architecture Definition: Lead the definition and evolution of MCU SoC architectures aligned with product strategy, market trends, and industry standards.
- Microarchitecture & Compute: Design scalable and efficient multi-core compute architectures optimizing for TCMs, SRAM hierarchy, DMA, interconnect bandwidth.
- Security Architecture: Define and integrate secure boot, root‑of‑trust, isolation, and cryptographic acceleration. Ensure architectures support functional safety and lifecycle requirements.
- SoC Integration: Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and IP teams to ensure seamless integration of processing, memory, power management, peripherals, and interconnect subsystems. Good understanding of Analog IPs (ADC, DAC, PLL, SERDES etc.) will be required.
- Performance & Power Optimization: Lead architectural strategies to optimize performance per watt. Balance frequency, voltage, memory, and power states to meet RT and MCX power envelopes. Support early performance and power estimation to reduce program risk.
- Technical Leadership & Documentation: Develop architecture specifications, best practices, and technical documentation to guide development teams.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 20+ years of Experience
- Proven experience in MCU SoC architecture, microarchitecture, RTL design, and/or physical design.
- Strong understanding of microprocessor and microcontroller architectures, including CPU cores, interconnects, memory management, bus protocols, and peripheral integration.
- Experience in low-power design and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with Ethernet, USB, SPI, and I3C protocols.
- Strong collaboration skills across silicon, hardware, and software teams.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with ARM Cortex‑M architectures
- Background in power and performance modeling, HW/SW co-design, and debugging
- Knowledge of functional safety and security standards
- Familiarity with Wi‑Fi integration, networking protocols, and secure wireless communication
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As a global semiconductor leader, the company drives innovation in automotive processing, secure connected edge systems, industrial IoT, and mobile communications infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 32169 employees
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
Rafael Sotomayor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bill Betz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lars Reger
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Chris Jensen
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Jennifer Wuamett
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Sustainability Officer
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