Senior PSIRT Security Engineer, Embedded & Semiconductor Products (m/f/d)
Originally posted 11 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a member of NXP's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), you will act as the central point of coordination for product security incidents and manage vulnerabilities across hardware and software products.
What you'll do
- Lead the response and coordination of security vulnerabilities affecting NXP hardware and software products.
- Drive vulnerability triage, impact assessment, severity classification, and prioritization.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to develop mitigation strategies and remediation plans.
- Coordinate responsible disclosure activities with external researchers, customers, and industry partners.
- Oversee security advisories, CVE processes, and customer communications.
- Act as an advisor to product teams on vulnerability management and product security practices while improving PSIRT processes and metrics.
What you'll need
- Experience in product security, embedded security, semiconductor security, cybersecurity, or secure product development.
- Understanding of vulnerability management, coordinated disclosure, incident handling, or product risk management.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across engineering, product management, quality, and customer-facing teams.
- Understanding of how attackers target semiconductor devices and embedded systems, including familiarity with common attack techniques.
Skills: Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), security vulnerabilities, Third Party Components (TPS), Open Source Software (OSS), EU Cyber Resilience Act
More semiconductor jobs: NXP Semiconductors jobs · Functional safety jobs
This role has been open 232 days — well above the 68-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
120
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Median days open
68 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$246k
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (120 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 120 |
| Median days open | 44 d | 68 d (−24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $246k |
Skills observed across this category: Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), security vulnerabilities, Third Party Components (TPS), Open Source Software (OSS), EU Cyber Resilience Act
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 27 open roles · median 44 d
- NVIDIA · 19 open roles · median 73 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 62 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 211 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 65 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 120 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 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.