Agentic Security Engineer - Austin (Oakhill, Office), United States
Originally posted 12 September 2026 by the employer.
This role emphasizes the security of runtime execution, agent orchestration, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations.
About the role
The Agentic Security Engineer is responsible for securing agentic AI systems, autonomous workflows, AI orchestration frameworks, and AI-driven tool execution environments across enterprise and engineering domains. This role emphasizes the security of runtime execution, agent orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, tool invocation mechanisms, and autonomous decision-making processes.
What you'll do
- Translate security requirements and operational risks into runtime enforcement and execution control mechanisms
- Build and enhance observability capabilities including execution tracing, logging, auditing, and monitoring for AI agent activity
- Support detection capabilities for insecure agent behavior, unsafe tool execution, and anomalous AI runtime activities
- Assess risks related to unsafe tool execution, unauthorized actions, prompt injection, context manipulation, memory poisoning, and insecure agent behavior
- Support implementation of security controls aligned with NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and secure agentic AI practices
- Provide security guidance related to autonomous workflows, tool integrations, runtime controls, and secure orchestration practices
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, or runtime security
- 2+ years of experience securing or supporting AI/ML/GenAI applications, platforms, or services
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, or AI-assisted development environments and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
- Solid understanding of AI/ML/GenAI concepts, including AI agents, orchestration frameworks, MCP integrations, memory systems, and autonomous workflows
- Strong knowledge of runtime security concepts such as policy enforcement, action validation, execution tracing, and delegated authority controls
- Working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF
Nice to have
- Experience supporting runtime monitoring, observability, or security operations in distributed systems environments
- AI/ML-related and cybersecurity certifications
Skills: runtime security, AI orchestration, API security, prompt injection, NIST AI RMF
This role has been open 33 days — well below the 58-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
184
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (184 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 184 |
| Median days open | 105 d | 58 d (+47 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: runtime security, AI orchestration, API security, prompt injection, NIST AI RMF
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 27 open roles · median 33 d
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 23 open roles · median 105 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 119 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 99 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 17 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 184 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.