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Future Talent
NXP’s strong commitment to our new-in-career and internship program 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 2022, we continued to welcome university students to NXP. We granted more than 1,100 internships to university students and converted 39% of our interns into NXP team members.
New College Graduates
Our internship programs build a highly capable and energetic pipeline of new college graduates. In 2022, we were pleased to welcome more than 1,000 IDL new college graduates, an increase over the 644 new college graduates we hired in 2021. These hires represent 23% of our overall IDL hiring activity, in which 35% of new college graduate hires were women and 66% 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 2022, we strengthened this global and local collaboration and successfully implemented many initiatives and activities.
2022 Advanced Research Programs and Sponsorships
Our diverse 2022 university funding and support allowed us to support advanced research programs and sponsorships, including the following:
80 university projects led by NXP
- Projects in countries and regions 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.
70-plus projects with the Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC)
- Projects engaged NXP 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.
EcoCar
- A United States Department of Energy program that allows NXP to work with 12 universities across the United States to develop more economical, environmentally friendly, and connected vehicles.
2022 NXP Cup
- The NXP Cup invites participants to an autonomous robotics and automotive challenge. Participants build, program, and race a model car against other teams, aiming for the fastest time with precise maneuvering. The 2022 event engaged more than 100 university teams in Europe. The virtual events and live finals drew more than 2,300 views on YouTube.
NXP HoverGames
- NXP HoverGames is a virtual coding and hardware challenge, incorporating NXP technology in drones. The challenge takes place over several months and addresses some of the biggest challenges facing society, such as disaster management, health crises, environmental protection, and wildlife preservation. NXP has engaged more than 313 teams (registrations ongoing), with a large number of participants from India and the United States.
2022 NXP Smart Car Race Design Challenge
- Engineering students in India spent two days focused on artificial intelligence in mobility. Participants raced their driverless vehicle prototypes on a virtual racetrack, using skills in the areas of coding, AI algorithms, sign recognition, sensors, motion detection, camera vision, image processing, and more. More than 620 registered for the event from more than 24 states and 87 universities. Seventeen teams of 57 students each were short-listed for the two-day grand finale of live races, with an in-depth evaluation from external judges.
National University Students Intelligent Car Race
- By sponsoring the "Intelligent Vision" segment of this event, hosted by Chinese universities, NXP provided 680 students and 354 teachers, from 200+ universities, with our specially designed products for image classification.
University Ambassador Program
As we engaged virtually with universities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve learned that students seek connections with our company that go beyond the recruiting team.
To help foster connections with students that 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 can 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, and students and ambassadors are often both 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 in order 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.
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. The program helps pave the way for a seamless transition into their career.
We also have a Virtual Campus Connect Program in EMEA, which is a virtual event aimed at university students and graduates from our 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, and garnering approximately 200 direct applications