Senior Software Product Manager - Embedded & Real-Time Systems (Automotive)
Job Description
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