Field Application Engineer - Robotics Networking

About the role

NXP's Global Sales organization is looking for an experienced Field Application Engineer to support its robotics networking solutions, covering autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), drones and humanoid platforms. The role is US home-office based, with preference for the California Bay Area, Boston metro, Detroit metro or Austin, and requires willingness to travel mainly within the US.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for robotics networking solutions, guiding customers through Ethernet switch, PHY and SerDes selection, bring-up and software integration.
• Support in-robot network topologies such as zonal and microzonal architectures, Single-Pair Ethernet backbones, 10BASE-T1S sensor segments and power-and-data distribution via PoDL.
• Provide hands-on design support: schematic reviews, bench bring-up, lab debugging and tuning of Ethernet and real-time protocol interfaces.
• Deliver on-site and remote proof-of-concept builds with NXP evaluation kits and reference designs for AMR, drone and humanoid use cases.
• Lead technical training, including webinars, workshops and customer deep-dives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years in embedded systems development or applications support with networking, switch or SoC platforms, with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Systems-level understanding of robotics platforms (humanoids, AMRs, drones).
• Strong communicator with technical and non-technical audiences, able to work autonomously.

Required skills

• C/C++ firmware development and debugging with ARM microcontrollers.
• Ethernet controllers, switches and PHYs, including MAC/PHY/DMA, switch configuration and Single-Pair Ethernet (BASE-T1, 10BASE-T1S).
• Deterministic real-time Ethernet (TSN and EtherCAT) and PoDL.
• Signal analysis and lab troubleshooting.
• Bonus: CAN (CAN FD, CAN SIC, CAN XL), RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, NuttX), embedded Linux, ROS 2, SerDes, PCIe, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, IEC 62443.

What we offer

• Base salary range of $166,200 to $228,500 per year (California only).
• Health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) and paid leave.
• Incentive compensation and/or equity for certain roles.