NXP Semiconductors
Senior Security Engineer – SoC & IC Security Architecture
SeniorGratkorn, AustriaSecurityPlatformInfrastructure
Our Take
Build secure embedded systems for global connected devices at NXP Semiconductors.
What you’ll do
- Drive security architecture and design
- Define security requirements for hardware/firmware/software
- Assess security architectures for weaknesses
- Lead threat modeling and risk assessments
- Investigate security vulnerabilities and root causes
- Partner with global development teams
- Contribute to next-gen security features
- Support security certifications and compliance
What they’re looking for
- Master's/PhD in EE, CS, Cybersecurity
- SoC, IC, or embedded system architectures
- Embedded system design & secure hardware/software
- Security principles & secure development
- Security architecture for embedded/semiconductor
- Cryptography and cryptographic implementations
- Vulnerability assessment & penetration testing
What you get
- Market competitive compensation
- Home office options
- Flexible working time
- Meal benefits
Skills & Focus Areas
- SoC architecture
- IC architecture
- embedded system design
- secure hardware/software interaction
- security principles
- secure development methodologies
- threat modeling
- vulnerability analysis
As posted by NXP Semiconductors
Shape the Security of Tomorrow's Connected World
At NXP, security is at the heart of everything we build.
Join one of the industry's largest and most respected security organizations and help protect billions of connected devices used in automotive, industrial, mobile, identification, payment, and IoT applications worldwide.
Within NXP's Competence Center Crypto & Security (CC C&S), you'll work alongside leading security experts, architects, cryptographers, and hardware designers to develop next-generation security solutions that defend against sophisticated cyber and physical attacks.
If you are passionate about embedded security, hardware security, and security architecture—and want to influence products used globally—this is your opportunity.
Your Impact
As a Security Engineer in the SoC/IC Security Engineering Team, you will play a key role in defining and validating the security foundations of NXP's future products.
You will:
Drive security architecture and security-by-design approaches for advanced SoCs and secure embedded systems.
Define security requirements and translate them into innovative hardware, firmware, and software security mechanisms.
Assess and challenge security architectures to identify weaknesses before products reach the market.
Lead and coordinate threat modeling, risk assessments, and vulnerability analyses across the entire product lifecycle.
Investigate security vulnerabilities and drive root-cause analysis of security issues.
Partner with global product development teams, security architects, customers, and certification labs.
Contribute to the development of next-generation security features and secure IP blocks.
Support security certifications and compliance with internationally recognized security standards.
Mentor and advise engineers on secure design principles, verification methodologies, and emerging threats.
Stay at the forefront of industry developments in embedded and semiconductor security.
What You'll Bring
We're looking for security professionals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to influence security at scale.
Essential Qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
Strong understanding of SoC, IC, or embedded system architectures
Experience with embedded system design and secure hardware/software interaction
Understanding of security principles and secure development methodologies
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills in an international environment
Experience in one or more of the following areas will help you thrive in this role:
Security architecture for embedded or semiconductor products
Cryptography and cryptographic implementations
Hardware security mechanisms
Side-Channel Analysis (SCA)
Fault Injection (FI) and fault attack mitigation
Secure boot, root of trust, key management, and secure provisioning
Security IP development
Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing of embedded systems
Hardware Description Languages (SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL)
Security verification and validation methodologies
Please note: The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks. The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications, therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.
For applications in Gratkorn: NXP provides market competitive compensation according to the benchmarking of the electronic and semiconductor industry. Due to the Austrian Equal Treatment Act we are obligated to state the employment group of our applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte Gewerbe und Handwerk und in der Dienstleistung“, this position (fulltime) is graded in Employment Group V after 6 years. Your individual experiences and expectations will be considered in the application process. Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time, meal benefits and more.
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