Senior Software Product Manager - Embedded & Real-Time Systems (Automotive) (f/m/d)

• Senior Software Product Manager – Embedded & Real-Time Systems (Automotive)
• Location: Munich, DE, Bucharest, RO, Austin, TX (or flexible NXP location)
• Function: Automotive Processors – Senior Software Product Management

Role Overview

We are hiring a Senior Software Product Manager to own the low-level software stack for next-generation automotive real-time processing. You will drive product roadmap, strategy and execution across Real-Time Drivers (RTD), Firmware, Security, and BSP, ensuring alignment from silicon to system integration. This role is critical to enabling system bring-up, software quality, and scalable customer deployment in Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Ownership
• Define, execute, and own the product roadmap for: Low-level real-time software including RTD (drivers), BSP (Board Support Package), RTOS, RTHV(virtualization/isolation)
• System management (boot, firmware services, PMIC control)
• Security (secure boot, crypto, key management)
• Translate OEM, Tier 1, and systems requirements into clear product feature definitions and priorities
• Balance trade-offs across timeline, quality, performance, safety, security, and scalability
• System Bring-Up & Integration
• Responsible for: Boot and power sequencing
• Driver and peripheral enablement (CAN, LIN, DDR, PCIe, Ethernet)
• System firmware, safety and security framework
• Drive adoption of: AI-assisted tools across SW lifecycle
• Define and enable AI-driven customer experience on platform
• Ensure low-level software enables end-to-end platform bring-up to ensure system-level readiness, not just feature delivery.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Serve as the single owner bridging: Software R&D (feature delivery)
• Applications Engineering (customer enablement, integration)
• Product & Systems Engineering Teams (platform definition and roadmap)
• Drive clear ownership, dependency management, and execution alignment across teams
• Execution & Delivery
• Own delivery across: Pre-silicon bring-up, NPI, customer deployment and maintenance
• Track and communicate: System readiness
• Risks and dependencies
• Execution gaps and mitigation plans
• Customer & Ecosystem Engagement
• Engage with OEMs and Tier 1 partners to understand real-world requirements.
• Translate customer feedback into product improvements
• Drive simplification, usability, and reduced complexity to accelerate adoption and design wins
• Represent low-level SW in customer discussions on bring-up, performance, safety, and security

Qualifications

• Required
• 10+ years in embedded software, automotive systems, or related field
• Strong background in low-level SW: Drivers, bootloaders, firmware, BSP
• AUTOSAR, RTOS, or Zephyr environments
• Experience in product management, technical leadership, or system architecture
• Solid understanding of system bring-up and HW/SW integration challenges
• Preferred
• Experience with automotive SoCs or industrial systems
• Familiarity with safety (ISO 26262) and security (ISO 21434, HSE)
• Experience with CI/CD and OTA-based software delivery
• Experience enabling: AI-assisted development tools
• AI-driven developer and customer workflows
• Customer-facing experience with OEMs or Tier 1s

What Success Looks Like

• Improved software quality for first-time success rate
• Reduced customer escalations
• Strong alignment across SW R&D, Applications, and Product teams
• Faster customer enablement and NPI execution
• Reliable system-level bring-up readiness for new platforms

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