AI Security Engineer
NXP Semiconductors21 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Conduct security assessments for AI, ML, GenAI, and agentic AI use cases and platforms.
- Evaluate AI systems for prompt injection, insecure outputs, data leakage, unsafe tool execution, model misuse, and retrieval poisoning.
- Review integrations involving APIs, plugins, MCP servers, external tools, vector databases, and enterprise data sources.
- Support threat modeling for AI-powered applications and agentic workflows.
- Implement AI runtime security controls, monitoring, policy enforcement, security guardrails, and observability capabilities.
- Help secure AI gateways, inference endpoints, AI service integrations, cloud deployments, and enterprise environments.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on secure development practices and secure use of AI coding assistants and AI-enabled development tools.
- Support AI onboarding, security reviews, risk remediation, compliance evaluations, and security investigations.
- Provide security guidance related to AI governance, risk management, and enterprise AI adoption.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, information technology, or a related field.
- Advanced degrees such as a master's degree are preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, cloud security, or related engineering roles.
- At least 2 years of experience supporting or securing AI/ML/GenAI applications or platforms.
- Experience with secure software development lifecycle, application security, and cloud-native security practices.
- Experience with AI/ML platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, or AI-assisted development environments.
- Familiarity with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
- Understanding of LLMs, RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases, and AI agents.
- Knowledge of AI attack vectors including prompt injection, indirect prompt injection, insecure tool access, and model abuse.
- Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF.
- Knowledge of container security, API security, IAM, secrets management, and cloud security fundamentals.
- AI/ML-related and cybersecurity certifications are preferred.
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors designs and supplies microcontrollers, application processors (i.MX), analog/RF, secure connectivity, and automotive chips for OEMs in automotive, industrial/IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets. A public company (NASDAQ: NXPI) founded in 2006 and headquartered in Eindhoven, it sells silicon, software, and reference designs, and supports customers with BSPs and development tools. Notable lines include i.MX processors, S32 automotive platforms, NFC and secure elements, radar, and power management devices.