Principal Embedded Software Engineer (m/f/d)

NXP Semiconductors

Gratkorn permanent

Posted: February 26, 2026

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement and maintain firmware modules in the field of IoT security

• Debugging of functional behaviour in cooperation with firmware test engineers

• Optimization of firmware modules for limited resource usage, low power consumption and security constraints

• Verification & validation of firmware including test implementation and execution

• Strong cooperation with hardware development

• Documentation for external functional & security certification schemes

Your Profile:

• University degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering or related discipline

• Eager to learn, curious and open-minded

• Strong programming skills – you love to code

• Fast thinker and able to quickly adopt to new standards/tools/protocols

• Willingness to contribute to architecture decisions

• Several years practical experience in embedded software development for microcontrollers

• Solid understanding of embedded software design and verification methodologies

• Solid understanding of (32-bit) microcontroller architectures and digital hardware

• Experience in embedded programming languages (C, Assembler)

• Experience in working in multi-site, multi-national setups

• Knowledge of IoT cloud services (AWS, Azure) is a plus

• Knowledge of embedded security aspects (Cryptographic algorithms, TrustZone) is a plus

• Familiarity with other languages is a plus (Python, Groovy)

• Familiarity with object oriented programming is a plus

NXP provides market commensurate compensation according to the benchmarking of the electronic and semiconductor industry. Your individual expectations will be considered in the application process.

Due to the Austrian Equal Treatment Act we are obligated to state the employment group of our applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte Gewerbe und Handwerk und in der Dienstleistung“, this position (fulltime) is graded in Employment Group IV after two employment years. Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time or meal vouchers.

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