Senior Security Architect: Embedded Systems & AI (Home Office)

NXP Semiconductors; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 76,759 - 102,345; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office

Flexible working time

Meal benefits

Job summary

Join NXP’s Competence Center for Crypto & Security to shape security architecture across our product portfolio. As a Senior security engineer, you will drive end-to-end analysis, translate regulatory requirements into robust designs, and evaluate trade-offs for security mechanisms at scale.

You will collaborate with world-class experts, influence architecture decisions, and contribute to solutions deployed across global markets.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Solid experience in designing or developing secure systems (embedded systems or complete solutions preferred).
• Experience with building products for robotics solutions, e-mobility, home and building automation, or healthcare is a strong plus.
• Solid understanding of embedded software design principles.
• Strong communication skills, able to translate complex architectural ideas to stakeholders with different technical backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end security analysis for NXP solutions, with a strong focus on product-spanning features, interactions, and interfaces.
• Translate regulatory and certification requirements into robust, future-proof designs.
• Evaluate the cost-benefit trade-offs of security mechanisms and articulate architectural choices with clarity, confidence, and customer perspective.
• Analyze how different NXP technologies combine to create secure and seamless solutions.
• Stay ahead of disruptive industry trends, including AI/ML, and explore the risks and opportunities they bring to the semiconductor security landscape.

Skills

Secure systems design

Embedded software principles

Robotics/IoT experience

Technical communication

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering / CS / Mathematics

Job description

Join NXP’s Competence Center for Crypto & Security to shape security architecture across our product portfolio. As a Senior security engineer, you will drive end-to-end analysis, translate regulatory requirements into robust designs, and evaluate trade-offs for security mechanisms at scale.

You will collaborate with world-class experts, influence architecture decisions, and contribute to solutions deployed across global markets.