Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting functional safety activities for a wide range of SoC products within NXP's Automotive, Edge, Audio, Analog, and Radar Processing business lines.
What you'll do
- Support Functional Safety activities.
- Contribute to Safety Requirements activities.
- Support Safety Architecture activities.
- Participate in Safety Analysis activities.
- Work with engineering tools such as ELM, Medini Analyzer, Cameo, and EA.
- Use internal AI-based tools to improve efficiency within the Functional Safety Competence Centre.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Automotive Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals, computer architecture, microcontrollers, or SoC design concepts.
- Exposure to embedded systems, hardware/software interaction, or semiconductor development.
- Basic understanding of functional safety concepts and an interest in automotive safety standards.
Skills: functional safety, safety architecture, automotive safety standards, SoC design, embedded systems
This role has been open 39 days — well below the 68-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
128
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$246k
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (128 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 32 | 128 |
| Median days open | 40 d | 68 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $246k |
Skills observed across this category: functional safety, safety architecture, automotive safety standards, SoC design, embedded systems
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 32 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 16 open roles · median 66 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 53 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 95 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 201 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 55 d
How we counted: 128 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.