Senior Sales Account Manager - AI & Robotics

Locations available:
San Diego and San Jose, California or Austin, Texas

NXP’s Global Sales organization is the force that transforms our intelligent edge vision into meaningful market impact. We operate on the front lines of innovation, delivering real‑world AI, secure edge intelligence, and breakthrough technologies to the customers shaping tomorrow’s world.

As a strategic partner at the intersection of customer ambition and NXP capability, our global sales team drives alignment, opens new markets, and builds the relationships that lead to design wins and revenue growth. Through deep market insight and long‑term collaboration, we embed customer‑centricity into every decision and help accelerate innovation at the system‑solution level. This disciplined, client‑first mindset enables us to architect integrated, future‑ready solutions that deliver sustained value and strengthen NXP’s competitive advantage.

We thrive in a high‑performance, high‑ownership environment—competing boldly, executing with urgency, and celebrating results. If you want to win big, grow fast, and work with the customers building what’s next, NXP Global Sales is where ambition becomes achievement.

As a Strategic Sales Person for AI‑based applications, with a strong focus onhigh‑growth revenue opportunities in Robotics and Edge AI, you will be accountable for identifying, prioritizing, and accelerating the fastest paths to revenue growth across the AMEC region. Your primary mission is toprofile winning customers and applications, convert early traction into scalable designs, anddrive sustained revenue expansion for NXP’s portfolio.

You will work closely with product lines, business development, systems engineering, and ecosystem providers toshorten sales cycles, increase design‑win velocity, and maximize attach across NXP technologies. This role is highly execution‑oriented, balancing opportunity qualification and pipeline acceleration with strategic insight to ensure investments are focused on the highest‑return growth vectors.

• Profile, prioritize, and pursue the fastest‑growing AI and Robotics revenue opportunities across start‑ups, scale‑ups, and high‑growth established customers
• Drivetop‑line revenue accelerationby converting emerging use cases into repeatable, multi‑account sales motions
• Own earlyopportunity qualification and deal strategy, ensuring focus on customers with clear scale, funding, and production potential
• Translate customer pain points intoclear commercial value propositions, positioning NXP solutions to win competitive socket placement
• Collaborate with business development, products line, and application engineering tobuild, manage, and close a strong pipeline, from discovery through volume production
• Enable faster GTM execution by aligningreference designs, partner offerings, and channel strategies to revenue priorities
• Provide market and competitive insights that guide sales focus, pricing strategy, and investment decisions toward high‑growth segments
• Influence internal priority and roadmap discussions by supplyingclear revenue‑based justification tied to customer commitments
• Build relationships witheconomic buyers and decision‑makers(executives, product owners, procurement) to expand share of wallet
• Track opportunity progress rigorously, report accurately, anddrive accountability to revenue outcomes

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in Sales, Business Development, or Key Account Management in a high‑growth semiconductor or technology environment
• Proven track record ofdriving rapid revenue growth, design wins, and customer expansion in emerging or disruptive markets
• Strong customer…