Graduate SW Application Engineer

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Ready to be our next Application Engineer at NXP?

Within our Personal Health R&D group, headquartered in Leuven, we want to capture the strong market growth in ICs for hearing aids and implants, hearables, wearables, and personal health monitoring applications, health IoT.

Owing to our success, our department of 40+ engineers is growing, and we have nice opportunities for software engineers.

Our System-on-Chip products employ the latest Bluetooth Smart (BLE) with our experience in ultra-low power design.

We develop the full software stack from driver-level all to way to turnkey applications, enabling our customers to build their products with minimum effort.

Your responsibilities

As a Graduate Software Engineer, you may have very limited knowledge about many of the items listed below. In a starter job, your eagerness and capability to learn are more important than your experience. The job description sketches the context in which you will work, rather than listing preconditions for the job.

As a Graduate Software Engineer you:

• contribute to the development of embedded SW applications, guided by a senior colleague or an architect;
• estimate the effort of your work and contribute to reviewing the estimates of peers;
• contribute to the design of the software that is to be made;
• code and test your software ;
• build experience and know-how; and
• last but not least: you want to become a proud software craftswoman, craftsman, or crafts-X

Your profile

To be successful in this role you:

• have a Master’s degree in Software Engineering or Electronics, or reached this level through another form of training or internship experience,
• are a natural team player and eager to learn and gain experience,
• can fluently express your ideas in spoken and written English.

Moreover, you have a keen interest in

• microcontroller architectures and peripherals,
• building real-time systems on bare metal or on an RTOS using C,
• scripting in Python,
• design methods and software engineering processes.

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

NXP Belgium is located in Leuven and consists of around 120 employees focused on advancing technology through innovative R&D solutions for the IoT, automotive, Industry 4.0 and mobile sectors. In 1929, Philips Semiconductor chose Leuven, Belgium for its first site outside of The Netherlands. The company spun off from Philips to become NXP Semiconductors in 2006. Today, NXP activities in Belgium include world-class R&D teams in the areas of audio, sound and acoustics, connectivity systems, security and privacy, communication software and ultra-low power solutions for medical devices.

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To learn more about NXP in Belgium click here.

What can you expect

Contract: This is a full-time position with a permanent contract. However, we are open to discussing a part-time opportunity as well.

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits as part of our CLA. A bonus plan, an excellent pension plan, and a work from home policy. When applicable we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to Belgium.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we provide you with a mix of learning through on-the-job experiences, learning from industries bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills.

Our offices: The Netherlands is home to our global headquarters (Eindhoven), however, this position is in Leuven, Belgium. NXP Belgium is located in Leuven and consists of around 120 employees focused on advancing technology through innovative R&D solutions for the IoT, automotive, Industry 4.0, and mobile sectors.

Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us. After a positive screening based on your CV you will have an initial video conversation with our Talent Acquisition Consultant and several business interviews. Here are some useful tips to help you prepare.

And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. We have a YOUNG community that organizes a mix of social and professional events for our young professionals and an active Women in Technology network. We also take time to give back to our communities by engaging young girls to learn about Technology during Girls Day or participating in several volunteering activities.

What’s next

If you’re excited about this opportunity, we kindly invite you to apply! In NXP we strive to compose diverse teams: an eclectic mixture of gender, ethnicity, and personalities. We support the possibility to enjoy parental leave, part-time work, or other working schemes, to be with your family when it matters most. If you have any questions, we are happy to answer them. Please contact Samira Chalh, Talent Acquisition Specialist on samira.chalh@nxp.com