Principal Java Developer for R&D IT department

Organization Description

Do you feel challenged by being part of the IT department of NXP, a company with a mission of “Secure Connections for a Smarter World”? Do you perform best in a role representing IT in projects in a fast moving, international environment?

Within R&D IT Solutions, the Product Creation Applications (PCA) department is responsible for providing and supporting the R&D design community globally with best-in-class applications and support. The applications are used by over 6,000 designers.

This position of Principal Java Developer for Product Requirements and Test Management (PRTM) is in our Product Creation Applications (PCA) department that supports various applications enabling the worldwide designer/developer community in NXP to collaborate in an effective way and ensure high quality designs of new products. The global applications that we provide and maintain comprises ALM/PLM tools (e.g. Enovia Design PDM, CollabNet TeamForge, Atlassian), Requirements & Test Management tools (IBM DOORS Next Generation & Rational Quality Manager), software development quality tools, as well as tools to manage projects/ portfolios and to speed up the New Product Introduction process (NPI). The PCA team focusses on hardware/software configuration management, requirements management, IP re-use, document management, change control and software automation and quality tools.

Job summary

The “Principal Java Developer” is responsible for supporting, developing and enhancing NXP’s enterprise application for Product Requirements and Test Management. The candidate should have experience in application development and support, have excellent problem solving skills and able to work independently with a business focused mindset.

This position is based out of Bangalore, India and offers the opportunity to work in a globally distributed team where the candidate will get a unique opportunity of personal development in a multi-cultural environment. The candidate will get a challenging environment to develop expertise useful in the industry.

Primary responsibilities:

• Lead (technically) the development team in designing and developing utilities and interfaces to enhance business workflow
• Work with business stakeholders to align on solution design
• Identifying & analyzing problems and define structural solutions for the application and its integrations
• Analyze solution alternatives and advice on impact, costs and priority
• Create technical solution designs for changes/projects and new functionality
• Define/comply to industry standard best practice guidelines for development activities, like code review, standards, documentation.
• Continually seeking methods to improve the application and supporting processes

Job qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science and relevant work experience of 8-10 years or more
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and logical thinking skills
• Excellent English communication skills, both oral and written
• IBM ELM application knowledge (EWM, ETM, ERM, etc.) is a MUST
• Proven experience in guiding & coaching developers in their daily work
• Proven experience in developing OSLC based applications and interfaces with IBM applications.
• Proficient in Java, JavaScript programming
• Proficiency with python is a plus
• Familiarity with Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, or JavaServer Faces (JSF)
• Proven experience with REST APIs and web services
• Knowledge on Microservices architecture is a big plus
• Knowledge of databases (preferably Oracle) and SQL
• Proven experience leading teams in developing OSLC based applications and interfaces with IBM applications.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) including analysis, design, implementation, code and design reviews.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience with customer-oriented support, being pro-active and supportive, helping teams and colleagues before being asked, making issues known before they become critical
• Used to working in an international environment

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