Senior System Performance Engineer

NXP Semiconductors · Greater Kolkata Area

  • Experience2–3 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Posted22 Sept 2026
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About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors is hiring in Greater Kolkata Area in semiconductors electronics. This role looks for around 2+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Ethernet networking
  • packet processing
  • performance benchmarking
  • root-cause analysis
  • Ethernet MAC
  • PHY
  • switches
  • NICs
  • DMA
  • memory bandwidth
  • cache efficiency
  • hardware acceleration
  • performance validation
  • throughput analysis
  • latency analysis
  • jitter analysis
  • buffer utilization
  • CPU efficiency
  • memory efficiency

The role

A system performance engineer at a semiconductor company characterizes Ethernet networking and packet processing, optimizing hardware acceleration and performance benchmarking across data-center and edge networking systems. The role applies root-cause analysis and hardware-software optimization to improve throughput, latency, and scalability.

Full job description

System Performance Engineer - Ethernet Hardware & Software

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated System Performance Engineer to drive end-to-end performance characterization, and optimization of Ethernet processing solutions across hardware, firmware, software, and system-level architectures. The role requires expertise in Ethernet networking, packet processing, performance benchmarking, and root-cause analysis to ensure industry-leading throughput, latency, and scalability.

The engineer will work closely with architects, hardware designers, firmware developers, driver teams, and performance architects to identify performance bottlenecks, develop optimization strategies, and deliver high-performance Ethernet solutions for data center, and edge networking applications.

Key Qualification & Responsibilities

Bachelors or masters in computer science or electronics with at least 2+ years of industry or research experience.

Performance Analysis & Optimization

Define and execute performance validation strategies for Ethernet hardware and software subsystems. Characterize system performance including: Throughput Packet processing rate (PPS) Latency and jitter Buffer utilization CPU and memory efficiency Analyze packet processing pipelines and identify performance bottlenecks in hardware, drivers, and software stacks. Develop methodologies to optimize Ethernet datapath performance across varying traffic patterns and workloads.

Hardware Performance Engineering

Evaluate performance of Ethernet MAC, PHY, switch, NIC, and packet processing hardware. Analyze bus utilization, DMA performance, memory bandwidth, cache efficiency, and hardware acceleration engines.

Performance characterization of pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms.

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