R&D - Senior Firmware Engineer
NXP Semiconductors · Posted Oct 21
High-performance mixed-signal and standard semiconductor products for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications
Get a personal compatibility score
Add a resume for personal matches
About the role
NXP's Bangalore team develops embedded firmware for UWB/NB modem, ranging, and radar subsystems used in wireless connectivity products. The work spans real-time embedded software, HAL and driver development, and silicon/FPGA bring-up across modem, DSP, and RF domains. This senior firmware role designs, integrates, and validates embedded software for modem and radar subsystems in close collaboration with architecture, DSP, RF, and validation teams.
What you will do
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for modem - UWB/NB ranging, and radar subsystems.
- Develop HAL, drivers, middleware, and system software for modem and RF control.
- Integrate and validate BB, DSP, and RF components on silicon, FPGA, and simulation platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex system-level issues spanning software, DSP and modem domains.
- Collaborate with architecture, algorithm, DSP, RF, and validation teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 4-8 years of experience in Firmware with Bachelors/Masters in EC/CS/EEE/IS.
- Strong Embedded C programming skills with experience in real-time embedded systems.
- Good understanding of microcontroller/SoC architectures, interrupts, DMA, timers, and memory management.
- Experience in embedded software development for UWB/NB modem, or signal-processing systems.
- Knowledge of software architecture, HAL/driver development, and hardware bring-up.
- Familiarity with debugging tools such as JTAG, SWD, Trace32, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
- Understanding of communication protocols and interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, IPC, and mailbox mechanisms.
- Strong problem-solving and system-level debugging skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and Narrowband (NB) communication systems.
- Understanding of Ranging, Radar, and wireless PHY/MAC concepts.
- Knowledge of IEEE 802.15.4z / 802.15.4ab and UWB ranging concepts
- Experience with modem software
- Familiarity with DSP signal-processing concepts for UWB ranging and radar applications
- Exposure to automotive, industrial, or IoT wireless products.
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
Recent coverage
NXP Newsroom
VSMC Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its First 300mm Fab in SingaporeSeptember 28, 2026
NXP Newsroom
NXP Semiconductors Breaks Ground on Assembly and Test Site Expansion in MalaysiaAugust 12, 2026
NXP Newsroom
NXP Trimension Ultra-Wideband Powers BMW Group's Digital Key Plus and Presence DetectionAugust 04, 2026
NXP Newsroom
NXP Semiconductors Reports Second Quarter 2026 ResultsJuly 28, 2026