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Strong fundamentals and demonstrated ability to solve challenging technical problems are equally valuable.\nLocation & Internship Eligibility\nThis role is based in our Irvine, California office. Interns should expect to work on-site five days per week to enable close collaboration and hands-on laboratory work.\nThe internship is 40 hours per week. Candidates must meet NXP's internship eligibility requirements, including applicable student-status and graduation-date requirements.\nWhy Join Us?\nWork on real technology: Contribute to UWB Radar and sensing technologies for industrial IoT, robotics, mobile, and emerging applications.\nSolve hard problems: Apply signal processing, ML, mathematical modeling, and experimentation to problems where the solution is not always known.\nBuild and test: Go beyond simulation by working with radar hardware, collecting real-world data, and developing working prototypes.\nLearn from experts: Work alongside engineers with expertise spanning UWB, radar, RF, algorithms, hardware, software, and ML.\n Make an impact: Contribute to technology investigations, algorithms, prototypes, and future product concepts.\nIn order to be considered for a summer internship with NXP you must be returning to school or graduating at the conclusion of the internship term. 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A reasonable estimate of the base salary range as of the date of this posting is:\n$64,400 to $109,800 annuallyMore information about NXP in the United States...\nNXP is an Equal Opportunity/AffirmativeAction Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. 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