Spring 2026
Radar Signal Processing and AI/ML Intern
Posted on 1/5/2026
NXP Semiconductors
10,001+ employees
Automotive semiconductors and secure embedded solutions
Compensation Overview
$31 - $51.68/hr
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship
San Jose, CA, USA
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- Matlab required
- C/C++ highly preferred
- Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and Tensorflow including visualization tools like Tensorboard preferred
- Ubuntu or any Debian OS preferred
- Robot Operating System (ROS) preferred
- Signals, Systems, and Transforms / Analog and Digital Signal Processing
- Advanced Linear Algebra / Array Signal Processing Theory
- Probability and Stochastic Modeling / Detection and Estimation Theory
- Wireless, Radio Location, or Radar systems
- Machine learning/neural network principles and programming models
- Neural network architectures
- Automotive FMCW radar signal processing techniques
- Strong communications, documentation, and presentation skills
- Highly self-motivated and enjoying solving difficult challenges
- Currently enrolled in or entering a Master’s or PhD degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
- You must be returning to school (or graduating) at the conclusion of the internship term. If you are graduating prior to June 2026, please apply for positions labeled “Graduate Hire” or “Entry Level”
- Build and validate prototype algorithms that process data from state-of-the-art imaging radar systems.
- Apply signal processing and/or AI/ML techniques to automotive radar challenges such as interference mitigation, MIMO waveform processing, sparse array processing, and high-resolution angle estimation.
- Work with hands-on problem solving on experimental radar systems and subsystems including lab tests and measurement collection setups.
- Summer Internship Term: up to 3 months
- C/C++ highly preferred
- Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and Tensorflow including visualization tools like Tensorboard preferred
- Ubuntu or any Debian OS preferred
- Robot Operating System (ROS) preferred
NXP Semiconductors designs and sells semiconductor chips for vehicles and other devices. Its products include automotive-grade microcontrollers and other ICs used in engines, infotainment, safety systems, and networked car architectures. These chips process data, run software, and enable features such as advanced driver assistance and vehicle connectivity, often with strong security and real-time performance. Unlike some peers, NXP became an independent company after Philips spun off its semiconductor unit in 2006 and later merged with Freescale in 2015, building a focused strength in automotive semiconductors and microcontrollers. This gives it a clear niche in the market and the goal of growing as a standalone leader in smarter, connected vehicles and related technologies.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Founded
2004
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Data center revenue projected to surge from $200M in 2024 to $500M in 2026.
- Q1 2026 revenue reached $3.18B with EPS of $3.05, beating expectations and boosting stock.
- Strong Q2 guidance forecasts $3.35B to $3.55B revenue driven by auto and industrial demand.
What critics are saying
- Terminated $291M Austin deal and missed CHIPS Act funding eliminate critical capital for local expansion.
- Austin workforce cuts and Oak Hill campus sale signal restructuring that may erode R&D capacity.
- Qualcomm's 2016 $38B takeover attempt highlights enduring vulnerability to hostile acquisition and governance instability.
What makes NXP Semiconductors unique
- NXP dominates automotive semiconductors via its 2015 Freescale merger creating a microcontroller powerhouse.
- SAF8444 single-chip radar SoC enables cost-efficient L2+ ADAS by integrating on-sensor processing.
- Software-defined vehicle business hit $1B in 2024 and targets $2B by 2027.
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↑ 0%XTC AI Award at NXP India's 6th Tech Startup Challenge June 19th. June 25, 2026 For the past six years, Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) has proudly partnered with NXP India on its annual India Tech Startup Challenge, a program dedicated to identifying, supporting, and elevating India's most promising deep-tech innovators. Extreme Tech Challenge were honored to once again participate in this year's competition, which concluded on June 19th. NXP India Tech Startup Challenge attracts entrepreneurs and innovators from across India, showcasing breakthrough technologies spanning AI, Electric Vehicle, Industrial Automation, Robotics, MedTech, and more. This year's finale was held virtually, culminating in the selection of three winners from a highly competitive group of 10 finalists. Those finalists were chosen from over 260 startup applications, underscoring the depth and diversity of India's innovation ecosystem. In addition this year, Extreme Tech Challenge gave a special Excellence in Applied AI Award to NAYAN India Science and Technologies. NAYAN is a great example of physical AI in the urban mobility space - integrating CVPR, analytics and real-time updates to provide driver safety insights, reduce violations and accidents and proactive detection and resolution of roadway and infrastructure issues, offering seamless, scalable deployment across geographies. As the recipient of XTC's Excellence in Applied AI Award, NAYAN will be invited to showcase its innovation at XTC's flagship AI:360 Summit this November in Palo Alto, where it will engage with global corporate leaders, investors, policymakers, and decision-makers across energy, infrastructure, and digital services. Extreme Tech Challenge extend its sincere thanks to NXP Semiconductors for its longstanding support of Extreme Tech Challenge and its shared mission of advancing technology for good. Extreme Tech Challenge is especially grateful to Chief Technology Officer Lars Reger for his leadership and continued service on XTC's Board of Directors. Congratulations once again to NXP India on six years of championing innovation and entrepreneurship, and to all of this year's finalists for pushing the boundaries of what technology can achieve.
NXP Semiconductors stock at $225 and its $429 bull case. Last updated Apr 23, 2026 Key stats for NXPI Semiconductors stock. * 52-Week Range: $176 to $256 * Current Price: $225 * Street Mean Target: $256 * Street High Target: $313 * TIKR Model Target (Dec. 2030): $429 What Happened? NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) is a Dutch semiconductor company that supplies chips, software, and systems for automotive, industrial, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets, with automotive making up roughly 58% of 2025 revenue. For two years, a single problem buried the stock's real story: Tier 1 automotive customers were burning through excess chip inventory rather than placing new orders, and the resulting demand drought masked every structural gain NXP was compounding underneath. That drag is now gone. Q4 2025 revenue came in at $3.34 billion, up 7.2% year-over-year and $35 million ahead of guidance midpoint, with all regions growing and all end markets performing in line or better than expected. The Q1 2026 guide, $3.15 billion and up 11% year-over-year, arrived stronger than NXP itself had expected 90 days earlier, driven by steady inventory normalization at auto Tier 1s, broad industrial recovery, and program ramps in premium mobile. Industrial and IoT told the sharpest story: the segment grew 24% year-over-year in Q4, with Q1 guided up in the low 20s, powered by factory automation, energy storage, healthcare, and physical AI at the edge. NXP announced a collaboration with NVIDIA in March to develop robotics solutions for humanoid and industrial AI applications, integrating NVIDIA's Holoscan Sensor Bridge with NXP system-on-chips across the i.MX 95 and S32J TSN families, with availability targeted for the first half of 2026. On the automotive side, NXP's software-defined vehicle portfolio grew roughly 10% in 2025 despite the inventory headwinds, and SDV revenue, which surpassed $1 billion in 2024, is on track to double to $2 billion by 2027, according to CFO Bill Betz at the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference in March. Three acquisitions completed in 2025 are now accelerating that trajectory: TTTech Auto (automotive safety software, $766 million), Aviva Links (high-speed asynchronous SerDes for ADAS, $222 million), and Kinara (neural processing engines for edge AI inference, $284 million). NXP also closed the sale of its MEMS sensor business to STMicroelectronics for $900 million, sharpening the portfolio while generating proceeds that funded the January redemption of $500 million in notes and the April redemption of an additional $750 million in senior notes due 2026. CEO Rafael Sotomayor, who took over in October 2025, framed the moment directly at the Q4 earnings call: "The NXP-specific secular drivers for our business are now outweighing the broader industry cyclical headwinds which we have experienced over the last few years." Wall Street's Take on NXPI Stock. The inventory correction that suppressed NXPI for two years has cleared, and the growth drivers that were always there are now printing in the numbers. NXPI's EBITDA troughed at $4.73 billion in 2025, down 6.7% year-over-year, but consensus now sees it recovering to around $5.3 billion in 2026, a 12% rebound, then accelerating to around $6 billion in 2027 as the SDV and industrial AI ramps compound on top of a normalized demand base. Of 32 analysts covering NXPI, 25 carry buy or outperform ratings against 6 holds and 1 sell, with a mean price target of $258 and the high sitting at $313, a spread that signals conviction without requiring a perfect macro environment. The range from $188 to $313 reflects a real debate: bears anchor to flat vehicle production and Chinese competition risk in core auto functions, while bulls look past SAAR entirely to a content-per-vehicle story that delivers 8% to 12% automotive CAGR regardless of global unit volumes. Priced at roughly 12.5x forward EV/EBITDA against a 5-year historical average closer to 14 to 16x, with EBITDA growth expected to reaccelerate toward 14% in 2027 as VSMC begins delivering gross margin uplift, NXP Semiconductors stock appears undervalued relative to its own confirmed recovery trajectory. Management confirmed at the Cantor conference in March that the long-term model is fully intact, with both automotive and industrial IoT targeted at 8% to 12% CAGR through 2027, and EPS guided to double between 2024 and 2030. The model breaks if automotive SAAR deteriorates materially or Chinese OEMs begin displacing NXP in core vehicle electronics, the functions where NXP currently faces only Western competition and where decades of safety IP create a meaningful moat. The April 28 Q1 2026 earnings call is the confirming event to watch, with SDV revenue growth in the mid-teens and industrial IoT growth above 20% year-over-year as the specific metrics that validate whether the thesis is on track. What Does the Valuation Model Say? The TIKR model targets $429 per share on the mid case, implying a 91% total return over roughly 4.7 years at a 14.8% annualized IRR, built on a revenue CAGR of around 6% and net income margins expanding from 24.5% in 2025 to around 29% by 2030. That margin expansion path is the crux: the company's own $1 billion/100 basis points gross margin rule, compounded with VSMC's 200 basis points structural uplift arriving in 2028, produces a step-function earnings inflection that a 12.5x forward EV/EBITDA multiple does not reflect, leaving NXP Semiconductors stock undervalued for investors with the patience to hold through two years of acquisition integration and fab ramp. The investment turns on whether NXP can execute three simultaneous acquisition integrations while delivering the SDV and physical AI ramp it has publicly committed to by 2027, in an automotive environment where SAAR remains flat and Chinese competition in adjacent segments is intensifying. What Has to Go Right * SDV revenue doubles from approximately $1 billion in 2024 to $2 billion by 2027, tracking the low-teens growth rate seen in H2 2025 after inventory digestion cleared, with the accelerated growth driver share of auto revenue rising from 43% in 2025 to above 50% by 2027 * Industrial IoT accelerated growth drivers exceed $1.2 billion by 2027 (from an estimated $600 million base in 2024), with physical AI contributing an organic revenue doubling in 2026 off a 3% segment base in 2025 * VSMC comes online on schedule in 2028 and fully loads, delivering the 200 basis points gross margin lift that moves NXPI into the north of 60% gross margin range the company has publicly targeted * TTTech Auto and Aviva Links begin contributing revenue beyond 2027 as OEMs commit to the S32 CoreRide platform, converting design wins in hand into production revenue What Could Go Wrong * Auto SAAR deteriorates materially or Chinese OEM displacement accelerates in core vehicle electronics, breaking the 8% to 12% automotive CAGR assumption that underpins roughly $7 billion of 2025 revenue * Kinara and Aviva Links fail to generate meaningful revenue before 2028, leaving $1.3 billion in combined acquisition costs creating integration drag with no offsetting contribution ahead of VSMC uplift * Memory shortages ripple into auto Tier 1 production schedules in H2 2026, creating a secondary demand disruption just as NXP is shipping to end demand for the first time in three years * VSMC encounters ramp delays, pushing the 200 basis points gross margin lift beyond 2028 and compressing the terminal margin assumptions that drive the $429 mid-case target price Should You Invest in NXP Semiconductors N.V.? The only way to really know is to look at the numbers yourself. TIKR gives you free access to the same institutional-quality financial data that professional analysts use to answer exactly that question. Pull up NXPI stock and you'll see years of historical financials, what Wall Street analysts expect for revenue and earnings in the quarters ahead, how valuation multiples have moved over time, and whether price targets are trending up or down. You can build a free watchlist to track NXP Semiconductors N.V. alongside every other stock on your radar. No credit card required. Just the data you need to decide for yourself. Table of Contents * What Happened? * Wall Street's Take on NXPI Stock * What Does the Valuation Model Say? * Should You Invest in NXP Semiconductors N.V.? Earnings Updates
e.l.f. Beauty has demonstrated strong cash generation with a 14.1% trailing 12-month free cash flow margin, whilst delivering exceptional growth. The cosmetics company achieved 45.2% annual revenue growth over the past three years, indicating rising market share in accessible beauty products. The company's earnings per share grew 38.2% annually over three years, significantly outpacing peers. Its free cash flow margin expanded by 12.2 percentage points over the last year, providing additional capital for investment or shareholder returns. In contrast, NXP Semiconductors and United Natural Foods face challenges despite generating cash. NXP experienced 3.9% annual sales declines over two years, whilst United Natural Foods showed weak 1.8% sales growth and declining profitability, with earnings per share falling 29.3% annually despite revenue growth.
Peridio joins NXP Partner Program, extending its mission to accelerate Physical AI from prototype to production. The partnership formalizes a deepening collaboration between both companies and underscores Peridio's growing role as critical infrastructure for teams building physical AI products on NXP's i.MX applications processors and Ara discrete neural processing units (DNPUs). Mar 31, 2026 Nashville, TN., March 31, 2026 - Peridio, creator of Avocado OS, today announced its admission into the NXP(R) Semiconductors Partner Program as a Registered Partner. The partnership formalizes a deepening collaboration between both companies and underscores Peridio's growing role as critical infrastructure for teams building physical AI products on NXP's i.MX applications processors and Ara discrete neural processing units (DNPUs). The Gap Between Demo and Deployment The embedded industry is in the middle of a generational shift. AI models that once required cloud-scale compute are now running at the edge: on factory floors, inside autonomous vehicles, and aboard inspection drones. NXP's i.MX family of applications processors and new Ara240 DNPU are at the center of this shift, delivering the silicon performance that makes edge AI viable. But silicon alone doesn't ship products. Hardware teams consistently face the same challenge: the prototype works on the bench, but the path to a secure, updatable, production-grade fleet is undefined. Months of rework go into stitching together build systems, OTA pipelines, secure boot chains, and vulnerability management, none of which existed in the original demo. This "infrastructure gap" between prototype and production is where schedules slip, budgets balloon, and promising products stall. Peridio exists to close that gap. A Partnership Built on Proven Integration This announcement builds on a relationship that has been deepening for over a year. Peridio's embedded Linux distribution, Avocado OS, was included in NXP's official i.MX Third-Party Software Manifest for i.MX 8M Plus and i.MX 93 SoCs, placing Peridio alongside a select group of industry leaders recognized for production-quality integration with the i.MX portfolio of applications processors. That integration runs deep. Avocado OS is built directly from NXP's Yocto BSP and meta-layers, producing fully i.MX-compatible images with first-class support for NXP's evaluation kits and production hardware. Combined with Peridio Core - an enterprise-grade platform for OTA updates, SBOM tracking, CVE patching, and fleet management - teams get a complete operational stack that works out of the box on i.MX processors. The result: what used to take months of infrastructure rework now takes days. "We are thrilled to welcome Peridio into the NXP Partner Program," said Robert Thompson, Partner Marketing Director at NXP Semiconductors. "As the embedded industry accelerates its adoption of edge AI and prepares for new regulatory requirements, having partners like Peridio who deliver production-ready infrastructure on our i.MX platform is essential. Their work on Avocado OS and the Peridio Core platform directly addresses the operational challenges our mutual customers face in bringing intelligent devices to market." "We are building the operating system for Physical AI - and NXP's i.MX portfolio was where it started," said Bill Brock, CEO and Co-Founder of Peridio. "The i.MX 93 and i.MX 95 applications processors were the first silicon we supported when we built Avocado OS, and that was a deliberate choice. We saw early on that NXP's roadmap aligned with where the industry was heading, and we have many customers building on the i.MX portfolio today because of that bet. Formalizing this partnership is the next phase of that commitment - making it dramatically easier for teams using the i.MX SoC to go from a working prototype to a secure, updatable production fleet without the months of infrastructure rework that has historically defined that journey." Addressing the Regulatory Horizon The partnership also arrives at a critical inflection point for the embedded industry. The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will begin imposing mandatory vulnerability reporting obligations on device manufacturers in September 2026, with full enforcement following in December 2027. For teams building connected products on NXP silicon, the requirements - secure-by-design engineering, continuous vulnerability handling, and SBOM transparency - align with the capabilities Peridio already delivers today. Avocado OS provides cryptographically verified system images using dm-verity, secure boot chains, and deterministic build-time composition. Peridio Inc. extend that posture into the field with automated OTA updates, SBOM generation, and CVE monitoring across deployed fleets giving product teams a head start on CRA compliance without bolting on afterthought security tooling. Looking Ahead: Physical AI Both companies share an excitement for what comes next. NXP's recently introduced Ara240 discrete neural processing unit, capable of running real-time generative AI, large language models, and vision language models at under 6.5 watts, signals a future where sophisticated AI workloads run entirely at the edge. As teams begin building products around Ara240 and the broader NXP AI portfolio, they will need the same production infrastructure that Peridio provides today on i.MX SoCs: reproducible builds, secure updates, and fleet-scale operations. Peridio is actively working to extend Avocado OS and Peridio Core support across NXP's expanding AI silicon roadmap, ensuring that the next generation of intelligent devices can move from lab to production at software speed. Key Benefits for Teams Building on NXP * Day-1 Productivity: Deterministic build-time composition and pre-built package feeds let product teams start coding immediately, without deep Yocto expertise. * Production-Ready from Pilot to Scale: OTA updates, SBOM/CVE patching, secure boot, and long-term support for moving from prototype to fleet deployment. * First-Class i.MX SoC Support: Avocado OS is built directly from NXP's Yocto BSP and meta-layers, producing fully i.MX-compatible images for i.MX 8 and i.MX 9 SoCs. * Regulatory Readiness: Built-in capabilities for CRA compliance including vulnerability management, SBOM transparency, and cryptographic verification. As regulatory pressure mounts and AI workloads push further to the edge, the need for production-grade infrastructure on leading silicon has never been more urgent. Peridio's admission into the NXP Partner Program signals a shared commitment to ensuring that the teams building the next generation of intelligent devices, from industrial automation to autonomous systems, have a clear, fast path from prototype to production. "We chose NXP early because the roadmap was clear," said Brock. "From the i.MX 93 SOC to the Ara240 DNPU, the next decade of physical AI is being built on this silicon. Our job is to make sure the software stack matches the ambition of the hardware." For hardware teams currently deploying or evaluating NXP, visit peridio.com. You can also: * Explore its NXP provisioning guides | * Visit its NXP solution page | * Read the press release on Business Wire | Media Contact: Kristen van Laren [email protected]
NXP announces relocation of its Munich site to AER Neuperlach. * March 30, 2026 * 8:45 AM * by NXP Semiconductors * News Brief * Twitter * LinkedIn * Facebook What's new: NXP Semiconductors today announced that its Munich site will relocate in the first half of 2027 to the innovative and multi use office building "AER" at Fritz- Schäffer- Straße 9 in the Neuperlach district. This new location brings together work, community and urban life in a sustainable environment and is developing into an attractive tech hub in the south of Munich. The planned relocation marks an important next step in the continued growth of NXP in Munich. With the planned move to AER, NXP is making a deliberate and visible statement about its ambition to further expand innovation and future technologies in Bavaria. As working methods, technologies and forms of collaboration are fundamentally changing, NXP is consciously using this moment to set the course for the future. The new location creates both the physical and cultural conditions to further accelerate innovation, strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and meet the growing demands of a globally connected technology company. The building is currently being designed in line with the company's philosophy on the future of work and tailored precisely to the needs of employees. The goal is to create a work environment that fosters collaboration, attracts talent, and makes NXP's company culture tangible. With this move, NXP also underscores its long term commitment to Munich as a center of innovation. As one of Europe's leading semiconductor and technology hubs, the region offers a strong high tech ecosystem made up of industry, research institutions and a dynamic start up landscape. Proximity to leading automotive manufacturers and suppliers provides a clear competitive advantage. It creates ideal conditions for close cooperation with customers and partners and highlights the central role of the automotive business units in Munich. "With our new location in AER, we are sending a clear signal for our ambitions in Munich. We are deliberately investing in a modern, inspiring work environment that strengthens our innovative power and fosters exchange, both within our own teams and with partners and customers. Munich is one of Europe's most dynamic technology hubs. We look forward to continuing to grow here, attracting talent, and jointly driving forward future technologies." Manuel Alves, SVP Product Line and Managing Director, NXP Semiconductors Munich is one of Europe's most dynamic technology hubs. NXP Semiconductors NV look forward to continuing to grow here, attracting talent, and jointly driving forward future technologies About NXP Semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets. NXP's "Brighter Together" approach combines leading-edge technology with pioneering people to develop system solutions that make the connected world better, safer, and more secure. The company has operations in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $12.27 billion in 2025. Find out more at www.nxp.com. View this News Brief in German * Twitter * LinkedIn * Facebook