Linux Software Engineer - System Manager - Austin (Oakhill, Office), United States
Originally posted 26 September 2026 by the employer.
Architect system management features across the i.MX portfolio and drive SoC hardware support for system control.
About the role
As a Linux Software Engineer, you will architect system management features across the i.MX portfolio and drive SoC hardware support for system control. This role focuses on porting system management firmware to new i.MX SoCs and development boards.
What you'll do
- 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.
- Collaborate with the NXP SoC architecture team to ensure consistent and efficient support of system management firmware.
- Work with i.MX BSP (System ROM, ELE ROM/firmware, U-Boot, ATF, Linux, MCU SDK) team to integrate and optimize system management functions.
What you'll need
- 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) for embedded software development.
- Experience with ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-A architecture.
- Knowledge of ARM assembly language.
Nice to have
- 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. Verilog, VHDL).
- Knowledge of the ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) specification.
Skills: Linux, system management firmware, embedded systems, ARM Cortex-M, C-programming
This role has been open 14 days — well below the 59-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
683
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$213k
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (683 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 117 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 32 d | 59 d (−27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: Linux, system management firmware, embedded systems, ARM Cortex-M, C-programming
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 169 open roles · median 74 d
- NVIDIA · 128 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 73 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 683 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.