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 17 days — well below the 72-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
127
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Median days open
72 d
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Median salary
$226k
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (127 roles · 25 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 127 |
| Median days open | 39 d | 72 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $226k |
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) · 26 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA · 15 open roles · median 59 d
- Qualcomm · 14 open roles · median 111 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 37 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 73 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 127 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 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.