NXP Semiconductors
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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 381 of the 812 job postings NXP Semiconductors published in the last 12 months (47%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of NXP Semiconductors, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
346
Postings analysed
812
Open now
461
Modernity
78 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does NXP Semiconductors use?

Python is named in 47% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by C++ (26%), Verilog (19%), SystemVerilog (18%).

Python 381 47% required in 87% · 205 open now · since Nov 2024
C++ 212 26% required in 89% · 102 open now · since Nov 2024
Verilog 154 19% required in 90% · 89 open now · since Dec 2025
SystemVerilog 147 18% required in 94% · 83 open now · since Dec 2025
Perl 108 13% required in 89% · 58 open now · since Dec 2025
VHDL 56 7% required in 80% · 41 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 44 5% required in 89% · 27 open now · since Feb 2026
C 38 5% required in 29% · 21 open now · since Apr 2026
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Java31
SQL27
Rust27
Embedded C19
Bash18
Assembly16
C#16
JavaScript14
PowerShell9
PHP3
Visual Basic3
SystemC3
TypeScript3
Ruby2
YARA2
Node JS2
R2
Chisel1
Cython1
SAS1
Scala1
TCL Scripting1

What frameworks and libraries does NXP Semiconductors use?

UVM is named in 10% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by PyTorch (4%), TensorFlow (4%), TensorFlow C++ (3%).

UVM 83 10% required in 98% · 46 open now · since Dec 2025
PyTorch 36 4% required in 81% · 16 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow 36 4% required in 75% · 16 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow C++ 24 3% required in 83% · 9 open now · since Mar 2026
MLIR 12 1% required in 92% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Apache TVM 10 1% required in 90% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
XLA 8 1% required in 88% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Transformers 6 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
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LiteRT6
ROS6
NumPy5
Pandas5
CUDA5
ONNX Runtime5
React.js5
Scikit-learn4
OpenCL4
GStreamer3
JAX3
Matplotlib3
ExecuTorch3
SDL3
NuttX3
LangChain2
OpenCV2
OpenGL2
Plotly2
Shiny2
TFLite2
ARM Mbed TLS1
AutoGen1
Catalyst1
CrewAI1
Embassy1
FFmpeg1
GTK1
Hadoop1
Impacket1
Kyber1
Mbed TLS1

And 16 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does NXP Semiconductors use?

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

MySQL 4 <1% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
MS SQL 3 <1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2025
Delta Lake 3 <1% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
SQLite 2 <1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
Teradata 2 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon Neptune 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
ElasticSearch 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Neo4j 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
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Oracle1
PostgreSQL1
Snowflake1

What cloud and platforms does NXP Semiconductors use?

Linux is named in 17% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by RTOS (8%), AWS (5%), Power BI (5%).

Linux 136 17% required in 85% · 76 open now · since Mar 2025
RTOS 67 8% required in 73% · 34 open now · since Mar 2026
AWS 41 5% required in 73% · 25 open now · since Mar 2025
Power BI 38 5% required in 79% · 23 open now · since Sep 2025
Azure 29 4% required in 59% · 17 open now · since Mar 2025
Unix 23 3% required in 78% · 14 open now · since Mar 2025
Databricks 20 2% required in 95% · 13 open now · since Jan 2026
Bitbucket 19 2% required in 63% · 14 open now · since Apr 2026
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FreeRTOS19
Kubernetes14
GCP14
Splunk13
GitLab11
Tableau11
Windows10
Spark8
GitHub8
GitLab CI7
SIEM7
U-Boot7
Crowdstrike6
Hugging Face4
AWS Lambda4
Synopsys HAPS4
Amazon EC23
Copilot Studio3
LDAP3
VMWare3
Amazon S33
GitHub Actions3
Grafana3
AWS Bedrock2
Anomali2
Censys2
GreyNoise2
MISP2
Red Hat2
Shodan2
ThreatConnect2
VirusTotal2

And 23 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does NXP Semiconductors use?

Formal Verification is named in 8% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by Git (8%), Jenkins (4%), Cadence Virtuoso (4%).

Formal Verification 68 8% required in 85% · 32 open now · since Dec 2025
Git 66 8% required in 77% · 34 open now · since Mar 2025
Jenkins 34 4% required in 74% · 18 open now · since Apr 2026
Cadence Virtuoso 32 4% required in 97% · 18 open now · since Apr 2026
Cadence Xcelium 21 3% required in 95% · 11 open now · since Feb 2026
Synopsys PrimeTime 19 2% required in 89% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
ONNX 19 2% required in 79% · 7 open now · since Mar 2026
Docker 17 2% required in 76% · 6 open now · since Mar 2025
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Microsoft Excel14
Cadence Allegro13
Siemens Calibre13
LLVM12
Copilot11
Synopsys Fusion Compiler11
JMP11
Ansible9
Synopsys VCS9
Tessent9
TensorRT9
Cadence Innovus8
Synopsys ZeBu8
Prometheus8
Advantest / Teradyne ATE7
Simulink7
Synopsys Design Compiler7
Cadence Palladium7
Synopsys Formality7
Ansys RedHawk7
Cortex7
Synopsys HSPICE7
Zigbee7
GCC7
Cadence Genus6
Model Context Protocol6
Siemens ModelSim6
Siemens QuestaSim6
OrCAD6
GNU Make6
pySpark5
AutoCAD5

And 68 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does NXP Semiconductors use?

LLM is named in 4% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by Claude (<1%), VLM (<1%), BERT (<1%).

LLM 31 4% required in 74% · 21 open now · since Mar 2026
Claude 3 <1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
VLM 2 <1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jul 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
Gemma 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Whisper 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
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YOLO1

Which engineering practices does NXP Semiconductors ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 10% of job postings at NXP Semiconductors, followed by CI/CD (10%), Edge AI (7%), AI Agents (7%).

Machine Learning 84 10% required in 89% · 41 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 78 10% required in 77% · 42 open now · since Mar 2025
Edge AI 58 7% required in 76% · 27 open now · since Mar 2026
AI Agents 53 7% required in 89% · 32 open now · since Jan 2026
Statistical Process Control 45 6% required in 93% · 39 open now · since Mar 2026
Wi-Fi 21 3% required in 71% · 6 open now · since May 2025
Verification & Validation 19 2% required in 95% · 19 open now · since Feb 2026
RAG 17 2% required in 82% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
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Quantization16
Platform Engineering12
Radar Signal Processing12
FMEA12
IAM11
TCP/IP11
Sensor Fusion9
Computer Vision9
Reinforcement Learning8
Prompt Engineering8
Configuration Management7
DNS7
ETL/ELT6
Fine-tuning6
Photolithography6
Physical AI6
Multimodal AI6
Self-Healing6
AFM5
Anomaly Detection5
Plasma Etch5
Knowledge Graph5
Agentic Workflows4
CAPA4
CNN4
PKI4
Red Teaming4
Semantic Search4
Design of Experiments3
HPC3
NIST AI RMF3
PVD3

And 29 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

315 postings
Python151
SystemVerilog133
Verilog133
Perl80
UVM78
C++75

Industrial Engineering

114 postings
Python31
C++24
Linux15
Perl10
RTOS10
Cadence Virtuoso6

Early Careers

57 postings
Python32
C++15
Git7
Java7
Linux7
Power BI5

DevOps

52 postings
Python34
Linux18
C++16
Git16
AWS9
Ansible8

Backend

37 postings
C++16
Python15
Linux14
Jenkins5
PyTorch5
TensorFlow5

AI/ML

34 postings
Python28
C++18
PyTorch17
TensorFlow16
TensorFlow C++14
ONNX9

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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: $108k across 69 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python39$98k−9%
SystemVerilog30$89k−17%
C++27$129k+20%
Verilog27$116k+7%
Perl18$80k−26%
UVM16$118k+10%
Linux7$203k+89%
RTOS5$203k+89%
Java5$115k+7%

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
AIOpsOct 2026
SQLiteOct 2026
Red HatOct 2026
HPCOct 2026
OpenShiftOct 2026
Zephyr OSOct 2026
ExecuTorchOct 2026
TFLiteOct 2026
Rising
Databricks0% → 4%
Falling
Verilog24% → 16%
UVM13% → 8%
RTOS11% → 6%
CI/CD12% → 8%

How modern is the NXP Semiconductors stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 78/100

NXP Semiconductors scores 78 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: 9; legacy ones: 1.

How common is the NXP Semiconductors stack in its industry?

Share of the 356 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python74%
C++68%
Verilog41%
SystemVerilog39%
Linux58%
Perl29%
UVM28%
RTOS28%
VHDL22%
MATLAB35%

What sets NXP Semiconductors apart

Crowdstrike2%

NXP Semiconductors products in its job postings

Postings at NXP Semiconductors name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Battery Management Systems8

Questions about the NXP Semiconductors tech stack

What programming languages does NXP Semiconductors use?

The languages named in NXP Semiconductors job postings are Python (47%), C++ (26%), Verilog (19%), SystemVerilog (18%), Perl (13%), as a share of the 812 postings of the last 12 months.

Does NXP Semiconductors use UVM?

Yes. UVM is named in 83 of 812 job postings (10%) and required in 81 of them.

What cloud and platforms does NXP Semiconductors use?

The cloud and platforms named in NXP Semiconductors job postings are Linux (136), RTOS (67), AWS (41) (postings in brackets).

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

Hardware postings at NXP Semiconductors most often require Python (151), SystemVerilog (133), Verilog (133), Perl (80), out of 315 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the NXP Semiconductors tech stack changing?

Yes. AIOps, SQLite, Red Hat, HPC first appeared in NXP Semiconductors job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the NXP Semiconductors tech stack?

NXP Semiconductors scores 78 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: 9; legacy ones: 1.

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 812 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 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: 346 technologies from 812 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/nxp/technologies

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