Linux Software Engineer - System Manager

About the role

NXP is looking for a Linux Software Engineer focused on system management for its i.MX product line. The role covers building system management features across the i.MX portfolio, supporting SoC hardware, and working with cross-functional teams to deliver and maintain system management firmware.

Key responsibilities

• Architect system management features across the i.MX portfolio and drive SoC hardware support for system control.
• Port system management firmware to new i.MX SoCs and development boards.
• Develop tests to improve system management code coverage and assess firmware performance metrics.
• Develop documentation and support collateral for system management firmware.
• Work with the NXP SoC architecture team to ensure consistent and efficient support of system management firmware.
• Collaborate with the i.MX BSP team (System ROM, ELE ROM/firmware, U-Boot, ATF, Linux, MCU SDK) to integrate and optimize system management functions.
• Work with internal support teams to port, debug and optimize system management firmware on customer systems.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline.
• 2+ years of software development experience with embedded systems.

Required skills

• Proficiency with C programming on embedded systems.
• Proficiency with Linux shell commands and tools such as GIT and make.
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-A architectures.
• Knowledge of ARM assembly language.
• Plus: embedded debug tools and probes (e.g. Lauterbach), power management (DVFS, CPUIdle, suspend-to-RAM), HDL (Verilog, VHDL), and the ARM SCMI specification.