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Future Talent
NXP’s strong commitment to our new-in-career and internship programs is a key contributor to developing the next generation of talent, including engineers, in our industry and our company. In addition to recruiting interns, working students and new college graduates for engineering roles, the company also hires for general and administrative positions in Finance, Human Resources, Sales and other areas.
Interns
Our internship programs focus on the technical advancement and skills development students need as they prepare to enter the professional workforce. In 2023, we continued to welcome university students to NXP. We granted more than 1,380 internships to university students and converted 48% of our interns into NXP team members as new college graduates.
New College Graduates
Our internship programs build a highly capable and energetic pipeline of new college graduates. In 2023, we were pleased to welcome more than 910 IDL new college graduates, a slight decrease from the 1,070 new college graduates we hired in 2022. These hires represent 44% of our overall IDL hiring activity, in which 36% of new college graduate hires were women and 76% were underrepresented minorities in the US.
University Partnerships and Engagement
Through our partnerships with universities across the world, we fund and support advanced research programs and projects that demonstrate our commitment to invest in people as well as technology. Quite often, these partnerships translate into new and exciting solutions for our customers and markets.
To drive deeper awareness and engagement with our university partnerships, NXP maintains a University Relations Council, which has the goal of driving a coherent and aligned approach towards university partnerships by linking recruitment, global sales and marketing and R&D programs. In 2023, we strengthened this global and local collaboration and successfully implemented many initiatives and activities.
2023 Advanced Research Programs and Sponsorships
In 2023, we took a diversified approach to university funding and support. This allowed us to support advanced research programs and sponsorships as well as encourage innovation that helps to make a difference. For example, the NXP Foundation gave major donations to the Graz University of Technology (Austria), the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), Arizona State University (Arizona), Maricopa Community College (Arizona), Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University (Texas) and Austin Community College (Texas).
Our 2023 university funding and support allowed us to support advanced research programs and sponsorships across the globe, including the following:
EcoCar
- A United States Department of Energy program that allows NXP to work with 12 universities across the US to develop more economical, environmentally friendly and connected vehicles.
National University Students Intelligent Car Race
- By sponsoring the "AI Vision" segment of the National University Students Intelligent Car Race, hosted by Chinese universities, NXP provided 952 students and 365 teachers from 185 universities with our specially designed products for image classification.
NXP Cup
The twelfth NXP Cup EMEA finals were held in 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, where 18 teams from seven countries competed for the highly sought-after prize. A total of 50 university students from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovakia participated, selected from the eight finals organized months before across Europe and engaging several hundreds of students. The cutting-edge autonomous racing car event was also streamed live on YouTube and drew more than 2,700 views.
NXP Foundation
To continue to drive the most innovative solutions, the NXP Foundation promotes STEM education and encourages innovation that helps to make a difference. In 2023, the NXP foundation supported major donations in TU Graz Austria, TU Eindhoven (NL), Arizona State University (ASU) and Maricopa Community College (Arizona), Prairie View A&M University (Texas) and Austin College Community (Texas).
NXP HoverGames
Imagine building a drone system that cleans polluted beaches or streets, or one that flies a precise pattern to report on flood monitoring poles. A drone could even deliver medical supplies where no car can reach. With NXP HoverGames, coding and hardware development efforts address similar real-world societal challenges, engaging more than 440 participants. Congratulations to the top three winners, who presented needle-moving and inspiring projects on how technology can improve sustainable food ecosystems in the future.
Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC) Projects
NXP engaged in more than 114 projects through its liaisons in Canada, India and the United States with university professors and students on advanced silicon design, production and manufacturing processes. These programs also provided students with a path for technology transfer and expertise in the industry.
University Projects Led by NXP
In 2023, NXP engaged in approximately 74 projects with more than 43 universities in countries across the globe, including Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States, led by NXP and supported by various business lines and functions. As part of this engagement, NXP sponsors students, professorships and lab equipment.
Women in Tech Program
After its 2022 launch, the WOMEN IN TECH (WIT) Program continues to be a unique scholarship and mentorship program for top talented women engineers at a very early stage in their engineering studies. WIT is specifically designed for women engineers completing their B.E./B.Tech. second semester and entering third semester from a college in India. The year-long program in Semiconductor Design is aimed at empowering women at an early stage in their engineering to develop a keen interest and mentor them toward a successful career in the industry. The program will offer specialized training to selected 50 women and provide them with theory, industry relevant use-cases, practical classes on SoC Architecture, Analog Design, Design Architecture, Verilog/System Verilog, Verification & Validation, RISC-V, DFT Basics, and many more by the industry experts.
| Overview | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Registrations | 5,000+ | 8,522 |
| Filled application forms | 900+ | 3,280 |
| Qualifications for Interview Process | 100 | 150 |
| Selections | 50 | 60 |
| Course completion | 43 | -- |
University Ambassador Program
In partnership with our 16 in-country University Relations Councils across the globe, and to help foster connections with students who go beyond the recruiting team, our University Ambassador Program invites all team members to raise awareness at universities and encourages young professionals to join NXP.
As University Ambassadors, team members connect with potential student hires in a variety of ways, such as speaking at job fairs, hosting guest lectures at universities and engaging with students who are interested in getting hands-on experience through our internship program.
In addition, students can reach out directly to our University Ambassadors, through campaigns organized by NXP, to ask about their experiences as an NXP team member. There is a direct benefit to those participating, with students and ambassadors often finding themselves enriched.
New-in-Career Development Program
We believe early success in a career significantly drives the future success of our company. The first months of a new job can seem daunting. With this in mind, the company has a New-in-Career Development Program focused on supporting emerging professionals in their transition to the working world.
The aim of the New-in-Career Development Program is to provide our team members who are new in their career with the necessary knowledge and tools to understand more about NXP, our strategy, our culture and our values. In addition, team members receive guidance on developing the professional skills they will need to successfully drive their development and reach their career goals.
As part of this program, new-in-career hires also receive an onboarding gift to make them feel welcome and a part of the NXP team.
Country and Region-Specific Programs for Future Talent
NXP empowers our leaders and teams to create and launch programs that target the individual needs of future talent in a specific country or region, including the following:
Campus Connect Program
Our Campus Connect Program in India helps NXP reach out to university faculty and students to share a technical overview of current topics of interest in the semiconductor, electronics and embedded sectors. The program aims to provide opportunities for academia, through multiple focused tracks of technical webinars, hackathons and proof-of-concept solutions, to solve current problems and create a partnership between the brightest university talents and experienced industry experts. Ultimately, the program helps pave the way for a seamless transition into their career.
Virtual Campus Connect Program
Our Virtual Campus Connect Program in EMEA, is a virtual event aimed at university students and graduates from tier-one universities in the EMEA region. This initiative gives students and graduates the chance to learn more about NXP's breakthrough innovations, our culture, our values and our career opportunities. Similar virtual sessions have been held in China, the UK and the US, where NXP Ambassadors shared company insights with targeted universities, reaching 20,000 students and graduates.
Youth Community
NXP built the Youth Community through Facebook Group and invited engineering students from target Universities in Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan as community members for longer-term and constructive engagement. We have reached out to more than 2,000 students and at least 15~20 target universities.
Top University Partnerships
In Taiwan, NXP partnered with top universities and provided students with a course designed to develop their sense of industrial knowledge and NXP.