Location: This is a home-based position, however you must currently reside in the Eastern United States to be considered for the role.
Position Overview
As a MPU Field Application Engineer, based in the Eastern U.S., you’ll be one of the key contributor in the Customer Application Support team supporting designs in Industrial and IoT application spaces. You drive demand creation and design-in activity at customer sites in close cooperation with the NXP business lines; you provide technical skills & support to NXP’s sales staff by driving resolution of technical issues and identifying future roadmap needs of your customer(s). We rely on you to deliver the NXP value message in a persuasive and accurate manner to increase our market share.
Global Sales Introduction
AI is rapidly moving beyond research labs and into the real world—powering advancements in vehicles, factories, hospitals, homes, and everyday devices. NXP’s Global Sales organization is the force that transforms our intelligent edge vision into meaningful market impact. We operate on the front lines of innovation, delivering real‑world AI, secure edge intelligence, and breakthrough technologies to the customers shaping tomorrow’s world. As a strategic partner at the intersection of customer ambition and NXP capability, our global sales team drives alignment, opens new markets, and builds the relationships that lead to design wins and revenue growth. Through deep market insight and long‑term collaboration, we embed customer‑centricity into every decision and help accelerate innovation at the system‑solution level. This disciplined, client‑first mindset enables us to architect integrated, future‑ready solutions that deliver sustained value and strengthen NXP’s competitive advantage. We thrive in a high‑performance, high‑ownership environment—competing boldly, executing with urgency, and celebrating results. If you want to win big, grow fast, and work with the customers building what’s next, NXP Global Sales is where ambition becomes achievement.
Key Responsibilities for the role:
Deliver premium technical support in content and time to assigned customers
100% Accountable to drive design wins in their target accounts and target technology
Leads proof of concept, solution design and demonstrations to secure NXP solution’s design-in
Synthesizes customer and competitive insights to improve product definition and roadmaps
Establishes the value proposition of NXP's system solutions relative to competition
Successfully builds relationships with sales team members, business lines, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives
Analyzes customer's technical objectives using relevant data gathering techniques enabling the sales team to be more productive, effective and responsive to customer needs
Assists in educating sales and distribution partners on new technologies, new product features and their related business value
Develops system level knowledge of target application spaces
Key Success Attributes
Masters the fundamental mechanics of the sales call
Ability to influence and communicate the value of NXP’s products, based on inspiration, motivation and product expertise
Flexible; adapts to plans easily when circumstances change
Is aware of cultural differences and adapts his/her behavior accordingly
Feels challenged by initiating and driving innovations
Comfortable within a high performance culture, working in a target driven environment with design win and revenue targets to enhance the company’s market share
High level of integrity, credibility, tenacity and commitment to excellence
Curious about target customer needs, competitor technology, the eco system and next generation technologies
Builds a reputation of being the go-to person for regional and business line teams to create opportunities to win and problem solve
Essential Requirements
Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and minimum 5 years development engineering or applications support of SoC based embedded systems
Field Application Engineering experience in the semiconductor industry
Demonstrated knowledge of typical SoC hardware interfaces (Ethernet, MIPI, SDIO, LP DDR4, 5, Quad/Octal SPI, USB, ) and ARM Cortex A and M based register programming models.
Hands on knowledge of graphics and video subsystems and related software drivers helpful
Familiarity with Embedded Edge AI Concepts, Tools and Model deployment is a plus
Hands on experience in embedded Linux: kernel and user-space and uboot environments
Ability to read, understand and review schematics and provide design recommendations essential
Experience with custom board bring-up debug activities recommended
Willing to travel for customer meetings, trainings
Experienced in providing technical training to sales staff and distribution
Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies
More information about NXP in the United States...
NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.
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