Senior NFC/UWB System Validation Engineer (m/f/d)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. NXP Semiconductors scores B on the Alion truth index.
As a Senior NFC/UWB System Validation Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of NXP’s NFC and UWB solutions from a customer system perspective.
You will take ownership of system-level validation activities, drive complex technical investigations, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our validation methods and environments. Working in an international, cross-functional team, you will have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in NFC, UWB and embedded systems, while sharing your experience with other engineers.
Your Responsibilities:
- Develop system test plans based on product and system requirements.
- Analyze, optimize, and maintain system test cases.
- Create and verify system test cases.
- Drive and execute system tests, both automated and manual.
- Document test cases, test results, and problem reports.
- Drive issue analysis and debugging within international, cross-disciplinary project teams.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in our daily ways of working.
- Define improvements for the NFC/UWB system test environment and drive their implementation.
- Support and guide junior team members, sharing technical expertise and best practices.
Your Profile:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information and Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in system validation, preferably in the semiconductor industry.
- Good skills in Python and/or other scripting languages.
- Good knowledge of C programming and microcontroller-based systems.
- Experience with test automation and test management.
- Hands-on experience with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analysers.
- Experience with standard interfaces such as SPI, I²C, and UART, as well as RF interfaces in NFC and/or UWB.
- Experience with version control tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Accurate and well-structured way of working.
- Reliable, self-driven, and autonomous working style.
- Proficient in spoken and written English.
- Team player who enjoys working in a diverse and international environment.
Please note: The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks. The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications, therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.
For applications in Gratkorn: NXP provides market competitive compensation according to the benchmarking of the electronic and semiconductor industry. 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 V. Your individual experiences and expectations will be considered in the application process. Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time, meal benefits and more.
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