Careers
Welcome to our Career page! Visit our openings and learn about our benefits. Join us, and you will collaborate with some of the brightest technical minds to pursue innovative solutions to real-world problems.
Application Process
- The first step to applying for a full-time research position is to search our job openings. When you find an opening you’d like to apply for, click Apply Now and complete our online application. Be sure to attach your CV and research statement.
- Your application will be reviewed by the appropriate hiring team. If your background is a good match for the opening, you will be interviewed via phone by an individual or small group. We’ll also request reference letters from at least two of your professional contacts.
- If the phone interview goes well, you’ll be invited for an all-day on-site interview. You’ll meet with an HR representative, NECLA’s president and members of your prospective group, and you’ll give a talk about your research. This process may sound intense—and it is!—but it lets us both get to know each other and see if we’re a good fit.
- After on-site interviews are complete, the hiring team will meet to review the candidates and determine who will be offered the opportunity to join the NECLA team. The hiring manager or a team member will be in touch with you throughout the process to keep you informed of the status.
Applying for an internship? Visit our Intern Program.
Our Career Video
Hear from our Dr. Giovanni Milione, Senior Researcher, about working at NEC Labs America. Giovanni has a BS in Physics from Stony Brook University, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics from The Graduate Center, City University of New York Center, and is a U.S. Army veteran. He has been recognized for developing optical networking, sensing, biometrics, and AI technologies. He has been granted 15 patents, contributed to 80+ peer-reviewed publications, and has 3,000+ citations.
Our Research Departments
About NEC Labs America
NEC Laboratories America, Inc. is the US-based center for NEC Corporation’s global network of corporate research laboratories. We aspire to perform problem-driven research motivated by fundamental human needs with the intent to remove critical barriers and open new commercial markets. Importantly, we engage with NEC business units to use these disruptive solutions to create key differentiation in NEC products and platforms, opening new markets and providing a competitive advantage to NEC Corporation.
Benefits & Perks
Savings & Retirement Program
Beginning on your date of hire, you may contribute on a pre-tax or after-tax basis or through a Roth 401(k). We will match 50% of up to 6% of your 401(k) contributions. After one year, you qualify for an additional match equal to 2% of your salary.
Employee Bonus & Referral Programs
Our bonus program rewards employees based on both individual performance and NEC Corporation’s financial performance. Our employee referral program pays you a cash bonus of $2,500 whenever we hire a candidate you’ve referred.
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
These accounts offer you the opportunity to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible health and dependent-care expenses.
Matching Gift Program
We will match your charitable contributions to educational and cultural institutions up to $1,000 per year.
Credit Union Membership
We offer membership to a credit union, which includes access to checking accounts, bank cards and competitive interest rates.
Medical, Dental & Vision Care Plans
Our medical plan benefits include PPO, HDHP and HMO options, along with coverage for prescription drugs. Our dental coverage is a PPO plan offering network and non-network alternatives. Our vision care plan pays for examinations, lenses and frames.
Life & AD&D Insurance
You will be eligible to receive company-provided life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance coverage worth two times your annual salary. In addition, you may purchase supplemental life insurance coverage worth up to five times your annual salary. Life insurance is also available for dependents.
Short-Term Disability
We provide a generous salary continuance program if you cannot work due to an illness or disability that qualifies for short-term disability or workers’ compensation coverage. The plan pays 100% of your salary for the first 30 days and then 66.67% for the remaining 180 days.
Long-Term Disability
Our long-term disability program allows you to participate on a voluntary basis through payroll deductions. This coverage provides monthly income protection beginning on the 181st day of disability up to a maximum of $10,000 per month.
Employee Assistance Program
If you quality for medical coverage, you and your eligible dependents also qualify for NEC’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP can provide help for stress, anxiety, depression or conflict, and is designed to help individuals deal with issues before they escalate into bigger problems.
Vacations & Holidays
The number of vacation days you accrue each year ranges from 15 to 25, based on the duration of your employment. You also receive 11 paid holidays per year.
Sick/Personal Days
We offer you 13 sick/personal days per year to use in the event of an illness or other personal emergency.
Tuition Assistance
Educational reimbursements will compensate you for expenses associated with career-related coursework.
Flexible Hours
Although certain core hours may be required, many managers will allow their staff members to work flexibly to better accommodate their personal schedules.
Recreation
In addition to hosting picnics and holiday parties, we provide on-site fitness centers for employee use at both of our campuses. The Princeton campus also has tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts.
Free Beverages & Snacks
We provide free coffee, espresso, soft drinks, juices and teas, as well as a selection of fresh fruit and other healthy snacks.
