Home to ASML, the only company that makes EUV lithography machines. Around it sits a dense high-tech cluster in Eindhoven, plus NXP's chip design, world-class equipment makers and some of Europe's best research institutes.
ASML dominates: it employs tens of thousands of people and hires physicists, mechatronics, software and systems engineers, and process specialists. ASM International (deposition) and Besi (packaging equipment) are also world leaders.
NXP, headquartered in Eindhoven, is the main chip-design employer, with automotive, secure-ID and RF design teams. Nexperia makes discrete and power devices in Nijmegen and has been caught up in a Dutch–Chinese ownership dispute since 2025.
Most technical teams work in English. Employers sponsor the highly skilled migrant (kennismigrant) permit, with 2026 thresholds of €4,357 a month under 30 and €5,942 at 30 and over, or €3,122 for recent graduates.
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World leaders in lithography, deposition and packaging tools.
The most important equipment company in the world. Large graduate intake across software, mechatronics, optics and systems engineering.
The leader in ALD, a critical step for advanced nodes.
Hybrid-bonding and die-attach tools, key for chiplets and HBM.
Designs and builds electronics modules for chip-equipment makers.
Headquarters, design centres and a fab. The main Dutch employer for digital, analog and RF designers.
High-volume discretes. Under a Dutch–Chinese ownership dispute since 2025, so check the latest news before applying.
RF power transistors for 5G and industrial heating.
A well-funded European AI-chip startup.
Research in sensors, flexible electronics and photonics.
The Dutch branch of Belgium's imec.
TU Delft and TNO quantum research.
Applications support for NXP and others.
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Counted from the companies on this page. Use it to shortlist: if you're preparing for verification, start with the employers in that row.
| ROLE | LISTED | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Verification | 2 | NXP Semiconductors, Axelera AI |
| RTL design | 3 | NXP Semiconductors, Axelera AI, imec Netherlands |
| Physical design | 1 | Axelera AI |
| DFT | 1 | NXP Semiconductors |
| Analog / mixed-signal | 7 | Prodrive Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, Nexperia, Ampleon, TNO / Holst Centre, imec Netherlands, QuTech |
| Architecture | 1 | Axelera AI |
| FPGA | 1 | Prodrive Technologies |
| Embedded / firmware | 4 | ASML, ASM International, Besi, Prodrive Technologies |
| CAD / EDA | 2 | ASML, Cadence / Synopsys NL |
| Applications | 1 | Cadence / Synopsys NL |
| Process & fab | 6 | ASML, ASM International, Besi, Nexperia, TNO / Holst Centre, QuTech |
| Test & product | 3 | NXP Semiconductors, Nexperia, Ampleon |
ASML hires mainly software, mechatronics, optics, physics and systems engineers. Chip-design roles are at NXP and the startups; process knowledge from VLSI studies is valued at ASML and ASM.
No. Both work in English. Dutch helps with daily life.
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