NFC FW Architect
NXP Semiconductors1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Define and support firmware architecture for RISC-V and ARM platforms.
- Develop, debug, bring up, and maintain embedded firmware for NFC products.
- Derive firmware requirements from system, hardware, PCRM, and customer specifications.
- Design low-level firmware subsystems and software components meeting functional, performance, memory, timing, and power requirements.
- Own firmware modules or platform software subsystems from design through integration and bring-up.
- Review designs and code, provide technical guidance, and maintain firmware quality.
- Write firmware design specifications, interface specifications, and low-level platform software documentation.
- Define validation and bring-up environments for pre-silicon, emulation, FPGA, and post-silicon phases.
- Contribute to unit, integration, system, and silicon bring-up test strategies.
- Support tapeout readiness by reviewing firmware dependencies, register and interface assumptions, boot flows, and hardware-software integration risks.
- Collaborate with hardware, systems, validation, architecture, and component engineering teams to resolve low-level integration issues.
- Define firmware design guidelines, development flows, debugging approaches, and bring-up checklists.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of embedded firmware development experience, preferably in SoC, mobile, secure embedded, or RTOS-based systems.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics and Communication or Power Electronics.
- Embedded software development experience on 8-, 16-, or 32-bit platforms, preferably using RISC-V and ARM architectures.
- Excellent C programming skills and hands-on assembly experience.
- Experience with boot flows, boot loaders, interrupt handling, memory maps, clocks, power states, SPI, I2C, UART drivers, RF interfaces, and embedded RTOS concepts.
- Hands-on knowledge and usage of RTOS technologies.
- Knowledge of SoC hardware IP datasheets, register-level programming, hardware-software interfaces, and low-level driver development.
- Experience with PCRM, platform configuration, reset/clock/power management, and low-level initialization flows.
- Experience supporting tapeout and bring-up, including RTL-based pre-silicon validation, FPGA and emulation usage, post-silicon debugging, and hardware-team issue triage.
- Exposure to LPCXpresso, Keil, and Eclipse IDEs.
- Experience using TRAC32, J-LINK, or LPC-LINK debuggers.
- Exposure to change-management, configuration-management, and bug-tracking tools.
- Hands-on experience with AI-based efficiency tools.
- C++, C#, Perl, or Python exposure is advantageous.
- Understanding of NFC technology and contactless proximity standards such as ISO14443, ISO15693, ISO18092, and ISO7816 is preferred.
- Knowledge of embedded firmware software development life cycle, tapeout milestones, silicon bring-up planning, debug instrumentation, and hardware-software readiness criteria is preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, debugging, communication, collaboration, and influencing skills; willingness to travel internationally as needed.
Benefits
- The role is based in Bangalore, India.
- International travel may be required on an as-needed basis.
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors designs and supplies microcontrollers, application processors (i.MX), analog/RF, secure connectivity, and automotive chips for OEMs in automotive, industrial/IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets. A public company (NASDAQ: NXPI) founded in 2006 and headquartered in Eindhoven, it sells silicon, software, and reference designs, and supports customers with BSPs and development tools. Notable lines include i.MX processors, S32 automotive platforms, NFC and secure elements, radar, and power management devices.