System Architect Radar Systems

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 Summary

NXP 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 Responsibilities

Technical 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.

Radar System Development

• 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.

System Integration & Validation

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, FPGA platforms, or hardware accelerators.
• Experience in low-power system architecture and system-level optimization.
• Strong background in laboratory characterization, measurement automation, and custom test-tool development.
• Demonstrated innovation through patents, publications, or significant technical contributions.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Ability to translate innovative ideas into working products.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and influence without formal authority.
• Capability to bridge algorithm, software, hardware, RF, and system engineering domains.
• Excellence in working across geographically distributed teams.
• Pragmatic problem-solving and results-oriented execution.
• Passion for engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Remarks:

The position requires to work on-site in NXP Eindhoven office minimum 3 days per week.

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

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What can you expect

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits as part of our CLA. A bonus plan, the possibility to purchase extra holidays, an excellent pension plan, a work from home policy, and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount are some examples. When applicable we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to the Netherlands.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we provide you with a mix of learning through on-the-job experiences, learning from industry bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills. 

Our offices: The Netherlands is home to our global headquarters (Eindhoven) along with two additional sites (Nijmegen, Delft) and includes a diverse team of over 2000 employees with 51 different nationalities focused on R&D, manufacturing, product development, business operations, legal and sales.

Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us.

And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. Join one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees in the Netherlands, such as our Christmas parties and International Walking Day. We have a YOUNG community that organizes a mix of social and professional events for our young professionals and an active Women in Technology network. We also take time to give back to our communities by engaging young girls to learn about Technology during Girls Day or participating in several volunteering activities.

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