Automotive Product Engineer - Entry Level

Posted:
4/28/2026, 1:11:29 AM

Location(s):
Austin, Texas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Product

Workplace Type:
On-site

Pay:
$180k/yr

Job Summary:

Automotive Product Engineering position responsible for product ownership from pre-silicon through production launch and industrialization phases.

  • Works together with test and design leads to ensure product compliance. Follows up to ensure production test coverage is consistent with the documented compliance.
  • Work across disciplines (wafer fab, assembly, probe, and test) to ensure new products will meet automotive cost and quality requirements.
  • Owns product characterization efforts and all data analysis confirming specification compliance and establishing optimal limits for Automatic Test Equipment prior to releasing products into manufacturing.
  • Ensures correlation between the ATE test results and the bench validation results.
  • Works together with test and quality leads to ensure products will meet automotive reliability requirements.
  • Executes product qualification per plan. Track and test all read points and drive corrective actions as needed.
  • Capable to drive failure analysis and diagnosis of qualification issues, yield issues and customer returns.
  • Provides engineering disposition based on bin limits, fab parametric correlation, and other relevant data to ensure the highest quality at the lowest cost.
  • Drives and manages volume ramp working together with the manufacturing teams to ensure a successful ramp.
  • Drives and prepares training to ensure sustaining engineers can handle daily production execution and retain required quality/cost.
     

Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Dec 2025-May 2026 grads considered)
  • UP to 2 years work experience, including internships
  • Self-motivated to learn and contribute in global team environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Quality first mindset
  • Statistical analysis skills
  • Project management skills
  • ATE - Teradyne Ultraflex

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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