NXP Semiconductors tech stack

NXP Semiconductors builds mostly with Python, C++, Verilog, SystemVerilog. Its stack also includes Linux, UVM, RTOS, PyTorch. Python is named in 294 of the 570 job postings NXP Semiconductors published in the last 12 months (52%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of NXP Semiconductors, updated Sep 28, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 28, 2026
Technologies in use
296
Postings analysed
570
Open now
418
Modernity
79 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does NXP Semiconductors use?

Python is named in 52% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by C++ (29%), Verilog (22%), SystemVerilog (20%).

Python 294 52% required in 88% · 211 open now · since Nov 2024
C++ 166 29% required in 88% · 115 open now · since Nov 2024
Verilog 125 22% required in 90% · 93 open now · since Dec 2025
SystemVerilog 115 20% required in 94% · 81 open now · since Dec 2025
Perl 87 15% required in 87% · 62 open now · since Dec 2025
VHDL 44 8% required in 80% · 42 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 32 6% required in 88% · 22 open now · since Feb 2026
C 30 5% required in 40% · 24 open now · since Apr 2026
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SQL26
Java19
Assembly19
Rust19
Bash13
Embedded C13
JavaScript13
C#10
PowerShell6
TypeScript3
YARA2
Node JS2
SystemC2
Chisel1
Cython1
PHP1
R1
Ruby1
Scala1

What frameworks and libraries does NXP Semiconductors use?

UVM is named in 12% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by PyTorch (5%), TensorFlow (5%), PyTorch C++ (4%).

UVM 69 12% required in 97% · 46 open now · since Dec 2025
PyTorch 29 5% required in 79% · 22 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow 28 5% required in 75% · 22 open now · since Mar 2026
PyTorch C++ 22 4% required in 86% · 15 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow C++ 22 4% required in 82% · 16 open now · since Mar 2026
MLIR 10 2% required in 90% · 9 open now · since Mar 2026
Apache TVM 8 1% required in 88% · 7 open now · since Mar 2026
XLA 7 1% required in 86% · 6 open now · since Mar 2026
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React.js5
CUDA5
Transformers4
LiteRT4
Scikit-learn4
ROS4
Matplotlib3
NumPy3
ONNX Runtime3
SDL3
OpenCL3
JAX2
LangChain2
Pandas2
Plotly2
NuttX2
ARM Mbed TLS1
AutoGen1
Catalyst1
Commander.js1
CrewAI1
Django1
Embassy1
GStreamer1
GTK1
Impacket1
Jest1
Mbed TLS1
Metal1
Metasploit1
OpenCV1
OpenGL1

And 12 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does NXP Semiconductors use?

Delta Lake is named in <1% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by PostgreSQL (<1%), ElasticSearch (<1%), MS SQL (<1%).

Delta Lake 2 <1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
PostgreSQL 2 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
ElasticSearch 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
MS SQL 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2025
MySQL 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2025
Teradata 1 <1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026

What cloud and platforms does NXP Semiconductors use?

Linux is named in 16% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by RTOS (9%), AWS (6%), Power BI (5%).

Linux 93 16% required in 86% · 69 open now · since Mar 2025
RTOS 50 9% required in 74% · 37 open now · since Mar 2026
AWS 33 6% required in 73% · 26 open now · since Mar 2025
Power BI 30 5% required in 77% · 24 open now · since Sep 2025
Azure 23 4% required in 57% · 18 open now · since Mar 2025
Databricks 18 3% required in 94% · 16 open now · since Jan 2026
Unix 18 3% required in 78% · 14 open now · since Mar 2025
Bitbucket 15 3% required in 60% · 11 open now · since Apr 2026
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GCP11
FreeRTOS11
Kubernetes10
Tableau10
Splunk10
Windows9
GitLab9
U-Boot7
GitHub7
GitLab CI6
SIEM5
CUDA Toolkit5
Crowdstrike4
Synopsys HAPS4
Spark4
LDAP3
GitHub Actions3
AWS Bedrock2
AWS Lambda2
Amazon EC22
Anomali2
Censys2
Copilot Studio2
Grafana2
GreyNoise2
MISP2
Shodan2
ThreatConnect2
VMWare2
VirusTotal2
Amazon S32
Bamboo2

And 18 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does NXP Semiconductors use?

Formal Verification is named in 9% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by Git (7%), Jenkins (4%), Cadence Virtuoso (4%).

Formal Verification 54 9% required in 87% · 35 open now · since Dec 2025
Git 42 7% required in 83% · 27 open now · since Mar 2025
Jenkins 25 4% required in 64% · 13 open now · since Apr 2026
Cadence Virtuoso 24 4% required in 96% · 15 open now · since Apr 2026
ONNX 17 3% required in 82% · 14 open now · since Mar 2026
Cadence Xcelium 16 3% required in 94% · 10 open now · since Feb 2026
Docker 14 2% required in 86% · 7 open now · since Mar 2025
Synopsys PrimeTime 14 2% required in 86% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
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Cadence Allegro10
Siemens Calibre10
LLVM9
Copilot9
Synopsys ZeBu8
Microsoft Excel8
Synopsys Fusion Compiler8
TensorRT8
Prometheus8
Simulink7
Cadence Palladium7
Synopsys VCS7
Cortex7
Synopsys HSPICE7
Tessent7
Zigbee7
Ansible6
Siemens ModelSim6
Cadence Innovus6
Ansys RedHawk6
GCC6
Model Context Protocol5
OrCAD5
GNU Make5
Ansys HFSS4
Siemens Veloce4
Synopsys Design Compiler4
Synopsys Formality4
Cadence Genus3
Cadence vManager3
JTAG Debuggers3
Synopsys TestMAX3

And 57 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does NXP Semiconductors use?

LLM is named in 5% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by Claude (<1%), BERT (<1%), ChatGPT (<1%).

LLM 27 5% required in 78% · 24 open now · since Mar 2026
Claude 2 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
BERT 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
ChatGPT 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Gemini 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
VLM 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does NXP Semiconductors ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 12% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by CI/CD (12%), Edge AI (8%), AI Agents (8%).

Machine Learning 66 12% required in 92% · 50 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 66 12% required in 74% · 49 open now · since Mar 2025
Edge AI 48 8% required in 83% · 39 open now · since Mar 2026
AI Agents 46 8% required in 91% · 40 open now · since Jan 2026
Wi-Fi 19 3% required in 68% · 12 open now · since May 2025
Platform Engineering 15 3% required in 93% · 9 open now · since May 2026
RAG 13 2% required in 92% · 11 open now · since Apr 2026
Quantization 12 2% required in 75% · 9 open now · since Mar 2026
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Reinforcement Learning8
Sensor Fusion8
IAM8
TCP/IP8
Prompt Engineering7
DNS7
ETL/ELT6
Computer Vision6
Anomaly Detection5
Configuration Management5
Multimodal AI5
Self-Healing5
Agentic Workflows4
CNN4
Physical AI4
Fine-tuning3
Knowledge Graph3
LLM Guardrails3
NIST AI RMF3
NLP3
PKI3
Red Teaming3
Embeddings2
Incident Management2
Path Planning2
Semantic Search2
Time Series Forecasting2
Multi-Agent Systems2
SLI/SLO/SLA2
Function Calling2
Context Engineering1
Digital Twin1

And 10 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each NXP Semiconductors team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Hardware

225 postings
Python113
Verilog107
SystemVerilog104
Perl66
UVM64
C++57

Industrial Engineering

72 postings
Python25
C++16
Linux9
RTOS8
Cadence Virtuoso6
Embedded C6

Early Careers

45 postings
Python26
C++10
Linux5
Power BI5
C#3
Copilot3

DevOps

39 postings
Python25
C++13
Linux12
Git11
AWS7
Bitbucket6

Backend

30 postings
C++11
Python11
Linux10
Jenkins5
Assembly4
Docker4

AI/ML

29 postings
Python22
C++17
PyTorch14
PyTorch C++14
TensorFlow13
TensorFlow C++13

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How much does NXP Semiconductors pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all NXP Semiconductors postings with stated pay: $111k across 58 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python37$101k−9%
SystemVerilog28$97k−12%
C++25$125k+12%
Verilog24$118k+6%
Perl17$80k−28%
UVM16$118k+6%
Linux7$203k+83%
RTOS5$203k+83%

How is the NXP Semiconductors stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
NIST AI RMFSep 2026
EmbeddingsSep 2026
Semantic SearchSep 2026
AnomaliSep 2026
CensysSep 2026
GreyNoiseSep 2026
MISPSep 2026
MaltegoSep 2026
Rising
Linux7% → 19%
Machine Learning4% → 14%
AI Agents4% → 9%
Rust1% → 4%
Unix1% → 4%
Falling
Verilog31% → 20%
Formal Verification17% → 7%
UVM18% → 10%
VHDL13% → 7%
Tessent4% → 0%
Siemens ModelSim4% → 0%
GCC4% → 0%
GNU Make4% → 0%
Not named for 6 months
TerraformMar 2026

How modern is the NXP Semiconductors stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 79/100

NXP Semiconductors scores 79 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the NXP Semiconductors stack in its industry?

Share of the 112 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python82%
C++78%
Verilog54%
SystemVerilog54%
Linux73%
Perl43%
UVM43%
RTOS41%
VHDL31%
AWS38%

What sets NXP Semiconductors apart

Crowdstrike4%

Questions about the NXP Semiconductors tech stack

What programming languages does NXP Semiconductors use?

The languages named in NXP Semiconductors job postings are Python (52%), C++ (29%), Verilog (22%), SystemVerilog (20%), Perl (15%), as a share of the 570 postings of the last 12 months.

Does NXP Semiconductors use UVM?

Yes. UVM is named in 69 of 570 job postings (12%) and required in 67 of them.

What cloud and platforms does NXP Semiconductors use?

The cloud and platforms named in NXP Semiconductors job postings are Linux (93), RTOS (50), AWS (33) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Hardware job at NXP Semiconductors?

Hardware postings at NXP Semiconductors most often require Python (113), Verilog (107), SystemVerilog (104), Perl (66), out of 225 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the NXP Semiconductors tech stack changing?

Yes. NIST AI RMF, Embeddings, Semantic Search, Anomali first appeared in NXP Semiconductors job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the NXP Semiconductors tech stack?

NXP Semiconductors scores 79 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the NXP Semiconductors tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting NXP Semiconductors publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 570 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 28, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "NXP Semiconductors tech stack: 296 technologies from 570 job postings", as of Sep 28, 2026. https://alion.io/company/nxp/technologies

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