Executive Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Analog and Automotive Embedded Systems

Jens Hinrichsen

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Experience

Jens Hinrichsen is executive vice president and general manager of Advanced Analog and Automotive Embedded Systems for NXP Semiconductors. In this role, Jens is responsible for leading NXP’s analog product portfolio and system offering for the automotive market.

Jens has 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, starting his career in 1995 at Philips Semiconductors in Germany. Having held several positions within Philips in Europe and Asia, such as supply chain management, assembly operations and international product marketing, he took over the responsibility as general manager for the small signal diodes business in 2003. From 2005 onwards, Jens spent nine years in San Jose, CA, as general manager for NXP Semiconductors logic products and later the interface products business. After returning to Europe in late 2013, he took over the automotive analog business line. By 2015, under his leadership, this line integrated all Freescale automotive analog business activities. In January 2020 his business line was merged with all remaining NXP sensor and analog solutions to create BL Advanced Analog.

Education

Jens holds a degree in mechanical engineering and business from the Technical University in Berlin.

Board Appointments

Vice Chairman of the Board for Datang NXP Semiconductors, China

Board Member, Mycronic

Interests/Hobbies

Jens' interests include sailing, cycling and hiking.

Citizenship

German

Languages Spoken

German, English

Tenure

1995 - Present