Eindhoven
04-03-2026
01-04-2026
Role Summary
The IT Architect for Software Engineering Services (SES) is responsible for designing and governing the architecture of NXP’s global software engineering ecosystem, spanning tooling for Project Management, DevOps, AppSec, Source Code Management, CI/CD services, co design tools, virtualization platforms, secure environments, compute clusters, generative-AI systems, among other services.
This role combines enterprise level architectural strategy with the hands on technical depth required to shape modern engineering environments. It acts as the bridge between SW R&D stakeholders, enterprise architects, and global IT governance.
You will architect scalable, secure, and resilient systems that support thousands of engineers across NXP, ensuring the SES technology stack remains modern, integrated, and strategically aligned with NXP’s roadmap.
Your Responsibilities
1. Architectural Strategy & Governance
• Develop and maintain target architectures for SES platforms.
• Evaluate SES’s current ecosystem, identify technology gaps, redundancies, and modernization opportunities.
• Define architectural principles, design patterns, and governance mechanisms aligned with best practice frameworks.
• Ensure architectural decisions support long term scalability, cost efficiency, security, and maintainability.
2. Solution Design & Systems Integration
• Architect integrations across developer platforms.
• Translate business needs and engineering workflows into clear technical architecture blueprints.
• Oversee system integration to ensure consistency across SES services and security domains.
3. Security and Compliance.
• Ensure SES solutions comply with security requirements, data protection, Identity & Access management.
4. Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment
• Act as a senior technical authority for engineering teams, advising on architecture, tooling, and technology choices.
• Communicate architectural decisions clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders
• Mentor IT DevOps engineers on architectural best practices and coach teams through architectural transitions.
5. Innovation, Research & Continuous Improvement
• Scan industry trends (CI/CD modernization, AI assisted development) to guide SES platform evolution.
• Recommend new technologies based on business value, feasibility, and architectural fit.
• Lead architectural reviews, proofs of concept, and technical decision making across SES initiatives.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in IT architecture, DevOps engineering, platform engineering, or large scale system design.
• Deep expertise in:
o Developer tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, Atlassian)
o CI/CD architecture
o Virtualization, networking, storage, and distributed systems.
o Containerization (Docker), orchestration.
• Expertise in LLMs and Generative AI Systems to be able to work with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures and safety in gen-AI.
• Strong knowledge of architectural frameworks, systems design, and integration patterns.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and cross functional leadership skills.
Additional info
Location: Eindhoven
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Months
On site: min. 3 days / week(full time)
Interview Process :
1st round(HM , couple other from team) technical round
2nd round(HM , team and service manager)
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