NXP was founded as part of the Dutch multinational Royal Philips in 1891 and began semiconductor operations in 1953. In 2006, the company spun off from Philips to become NXP Semiconductors and merged with Freescale in 2015.
The Netherlands is home to our global headquarters along with three additional sites and includes over 2000 team members focused on R&D, manufacturing, product development, business operations, legal and sales.
NXP international headquarters are located on the High Tech Campus Eindhoven and employs over 700 personnel, more than 300 of whom focus on business operations. Security specialists within the Competence Centre for Crypto Security are focused on security innovation, hardware and software IP development and certification. Also in Eindhoven is the CTO Design Center, a center of excellence for state-of-the-art SoC integration methodologies and analog mixed signal design. The Automotive System Innovations group within the CTO office concentrates on anticipating future technology trends and driving system level automotive innovation.
NXP Eindhoven
NXP Nijmegen includes manufacturing, R&D, testing, technology enablement and support functions. With 1700 team members and over 50 nationalities represented, it is one of the most colorful companies of the region. Ours is one of the largest chip manufacturing plants plant in Europe with over 565k wafers produced to date.
NXP Nijmegen
The product diagnostic center and global NPI test center based in Nijmegen help our NPIs meet manufacturing standards and launch successfully. Product development teams for NXP smart power, drivers and energy systems, in-vehicle networking and smart antenna businesses focus on development of optimized solutions spanning automotive, computing, gaming, multimedia, mobile and wireless infrastructure applications.
Our site in Delft is home to hardware and software design teams in the areas of wireless automotive electronics such as radio, GPS, car access systems and sensor electronics. These teams also have a wealth of knowledge and experience in designing wireless connectivity standards like Bluetooth® Low Energy, WiFi and proprietary standards.
In 2020, NXP was listed sixth in the top 30 of research and development investments in the Netherlands, published by the ‘Technisch Weekblad ’. Worldwide, NXP spent a total of €1,466 million on R&D, 14% of which was spent in the Netherlands.
In our multi-cultural company, we believe diversity is an indispensable asset. We look for people with the talent and energy for sustainable leadership and encourage all our team members to challenge themselves and develop to their full potential. Find your place
NXP works closely with the technical universities in the Netherlands and sponsors many student projects, such as building the Luca car from waste materials, developing revolutionary solar-powered vehicles with Solar Team Eindhoven and helping the Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering team follow their dreams to reach space. Additionally, we recently established the NXP Foundation’s Eindhoven University of Technology Fellowship Program to award scholarships to TU/e engineering students.
Student team with the Luca car
NXP thinks about the effects of business activities on people and the environment and develops policies to reduce their negative impact on our world. We are also focused on education in hopes of encouraging more young people to opt for clean technology in the future.
“As a working student, I got the opportunity to learn from my experienced colleagues – at first while finishing my bachelor’s degree and now my master’s degree.”
Jari, Engineering Working Student, The Netherlands
Our people are the heart of our company. At NXP Netherlands, we strive to create an environment where team members feel valued for their contributions and can grow their competences. Search jobs in the Netherlands
“I’ve been at NXP for over 2 years as a legal counsel with a focus on ethics, compliance and corporate law. Being part of a global, multicultural company can make the job more challenging, but also more interesting! Additionally, NXP provides opportunities for career progression within different organizations and across regions and is driving new technologies. I am proud to work at NXP!”
Rachna, Legal Counsel, Netherlands
“I joined NXP as a new graduate and was fortunate to learn from experienced engineers. I was given the challenges and support needed to develop in my role. I got involved in technical hurdles, logistical opportunities and improvement projects that enabled me to grow knowledge, gain responsibility and make a difference each day in a challenging and complex industry.”
Sebastian, Senior Process Engineer, Netherlands
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