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Linux Software Engineer - System Manager

Austin (Oakhill, Office)

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Role family
Engineering
Seniority
Lead / management
Country
US
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
25 Sept 2026

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Key Challenges:

  • 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.

Cross functional aspects:

  • Work with NXP SoC architecture team to ensure consistent and efficient support of system management firmware.
  • Collaborate with i.MX BSP (System ROM, ELE ROM/firmware, U-Boot, ATF, Linux, MCU SDK) team to integrate and optimize system management functions.
  • Work with internal support teams to port, debug, and optimize system management firmware on customer systems.

Your skills:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or similar disciplines.
  • 2+ years of software development experience with embedded systems.
  • Proficiency with C-programming on embedded systems.
  • Proficiency with using Linux shell commands and tools (e.g. GIT, make, etc.) for embedded software development.
  • Experience with ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-A architecture.
  • Knowledge of ARM assembly language.

Would be a plus:

  • Knowledge of embedded debug tools and probes (e.g. Lauterbach).
  • Knowledge of power management (DVFS, CPUIdle, suspend-to-RAM) in embedded systems.
  • Knowledge of HDL (e.g. Verliog, VHDL, etc.).
  • Knowledge of the ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) specification.

More information about NXP in the United States...

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

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