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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