Senior Principal Firmware Test Architect

NFC-based platforms are at the heart of secure connected experiences across mobile, wearables, automotive, and IoT ecosystems. They span domains such as wireless power transfer, secure NFC transactions, digital wallets, infrastructure services, and platform enablement. As a Senior Firmware Test Architect in the NFC Firmware organization, you will play a critical role in defining, shaping, and delivering robust, scalable firmware architectures including test capabilities that operate close to silicon and enable product differentiation across multiple NFC use cases.

This role is intentionally broad and technology-agnostic, allowing the architect to contribute across Wireless Charging (WLC), Wallet, Infrastructure, platform firmware, core libraries, validation, or system-level enablement, depending on business needs and project priorities.

We are seeking a Senior Firmware Test Architect to lead the definition and execution of end-to-end validation strategy, test architecture, and automation frameworks for next-generation NFC platforms. This role is pivotal in ensuring product quality, scalability, and performance across complex embedded systems.

Your Responsibilities:

• He/She should work as NFC Firmware Test architect and drive end to end firmware validation strategy for new product development, debugging and maintenance of NXP's flagship embedded software for NFC products.
• Define test methodology, coverage and quality metrics for unit, integration testing and compliance levels for firmware based on RISC V/ARM platform.
• Define test requirements and test specifications.
• Drive test driven development across Firmware teams.
• Architect and design scalable test frameworks, automation infrastructure, and validation environments.
• Review, approve code submitted by validation engineers and maintain overall quality of deliverables.
• Closely interact with Hardware Development team, system architects and other component technical experts with aim of improving SOC test capabilities.
• Effectively collaborate with partner companies and ensure product considers partner requirements and constraints.
• Build and enhance automated test setups, validation labs, and tooling ecosystems
• Mentor and guide validation engineers; establish best practices, processes, and standards

Your Profile:

• Mandatory:
  • 10-15 years of Embedded Firmware validation experience preferably in mobile or RTOS based embedded systems.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electronics & Communication, Power Electronics, Computer Science from reputed institute with strong academic records.
  • Experience of bare metal validation on embedded platform(8,16,32 bit platforms, preferably RISC V & ARM architecture)
  • Excellent C programming skills and Python scripting for automation.
  • Experience in debugging HW/FW/Silicon interfaces and failure analysis using Debuggers. (TRAC32/J-LINK/LPC-LINK)
  • Must have experience in low level firmware programming embedded systems / low level Drivers such as boot loaders, SPI/I2C drivers, UART drivers, RF, embedded RTOS, etc.
  • Must have exposure to RTL, FPGA, and silicon bring up experience.
  • Hands-on knowledge of RTOS, its concepts and usage.
  • Good knowledge and experience of working on SOC HW IP datasheet, low level driver development, etc.
  • Exposure to IDEs like LPCXpresso, Keil, Eclipse
  • Exposure to change management / configuration management, bug tracking tools.
  • Hands-on with AI based efficiency gaining tools.
  • Experience in building test frameworks, automation platforms, and validation infrastructure
  • Must have knowledge of at least one RF connectivity technology like NFC, WiFi, UWB, Zigbee, LoRa, BLE, etc.
• Optional
  • Exposure to Jenkins is an added advantage
  • Good understanding of NFC technology.
• Personality
  • Excellent analytical, problem solving, debugging skills & influencing skills with go-to attitude
  • Self-motivated, Proactive, good verbal and written communication.
  • Sufficiently mobile and flexible, work location based out of Bangalore
  • Experienced in requirements derivation, proposing Low level / High level design (besides coding) in the above-mentioned domains
  • Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view and a good team player with cross functional, cross cultural & Global teams

Desired Skill Set

• Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) for embedded firmware development
• Knowledge of Embedded platforms and working closely with Hardware teams is preferred
• Know-how of smart card Contact less Proximity Standards such as ISO14443, ISO15693, ISO18092, ISO7816 etc.
• Near Field Communication Standards.
• Willing to travel to other countries on need basis

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