Systems Architect ISP – camera processing(m/f/d)

NXP SemiconductorsN.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $8.61 billion in 2020.

Systems Engineer – ISP – camera processing

This vacancy is within BL Edge Processing, Systems Engineering Automotive Edge Processing Product Line.

Responsibilities

• Specify next generation IP (HW and SW) solutions for Image Signal Processing (ISP) as part of our i.MX processor family
• Whole image pipeline and kernel development in C ready to simulate and as reference for R&D to take into RTL design
• Understand and implement control loops for camera sensors (auto exposure control, auto white balancing and auto focus)
• Algorithm specification, optimization, architecture selection, coding, benchmarking and simulation
• Investigate and analyze potential of AI and Machine/Deep Learning layers applied to the ISP pipeline.
• Understand and influence the whole camera processing pipeline from camera sensor to HMI interfaces or AIML for computer vision
• Translate customer and market needs into requirements specifications for internal R&D organizations (incl. HW and SW) documented in a requirements management database (Doors-NG)
• Specify application use cases and performance targets of the SoC/IP under development
• Collaborate with engineering (specification and implementation), marketing, customers and partner teams on architectural specification concepts and details.
• Develop technical collateral for internal and customer use (e.g. application notes, engineering bulletins, pre-silicon feature documentation…)
• Support for new business wins
• Pre and post silicon customer support

Job Qualifications

Skills Required

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Information sharing, working as a team player and striving for clarity comes natural to you.
• Excellent skills in presenting complex technical subjects in a structured and clear fashion
• Comfortable working with the ambiguity inherent in implementing new technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills spanning technical contributors, business stakeholders, customers, and management
• Collaborate within and across distributed teams on next gen devices and accelerators
• Professional working proficiency in English
• German language is a plus
• Willingness to travel worldwide

Experience

• 10+ years of Vision algorithm development or similar experience
• Excellent programming skills in C
• Deep knowledge of camera sensor technology and ISP processing needs.
• Strong background in mathematics
• FPGA or IP design experience
• Experience in embedded HW/SW co-design
• Knowledge of simulation tools (e.g. Matlab, Platform Architect or similar) and performance analysis
• System C or C model creation
• Market understanding of automotive and industrial camera processing needs is a plus

Education

• Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar required with an advanced degree