AI Security Engineer — Secure GenAI & LLM Deployments

NXP Semiconductors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors is seeking an AI Security Engineer to secure ML, GenAI, and agentic AI solutions across enterprise environments, aligning with NXP security standards. You will identify and mitigate risks from LLMs, retrieval systems, AI agents, and integrations, working with solution teams, cloud security, and architecture.

The role covers security assessments, runtime controls, secure development practices, and governance discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity, application security, cloud security or related engineering roles.
• 2+ years securing AI/ML/GenAI applications or platforms.
• Experience with SSDLC and cloud-native security practices.

Responsibilities

• Conduct AI/ML/GenAI security assessments across use cases and platforms.
• Implement AI runtime security controls, monitoring, and policy enforcement.
• Collaborate with engineering to embed secure DevOps in AI workflows.
• Support AI onboarding and security reviews for new initiatives.
• Assist with threat modeling and observability for AI systems.

Skills

AI security

Cloud security

Application security

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Incident response

Container security

API security

IAM & secrets

OWASP awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or cybersecurity or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

NXP Semiconductors is seeking an AI Security Engineer to secure ML, GenAI, and agentic AI solutions across enterprise environments, aligning with NXP security standards. You will identify and mitigate risks from LLMs, retrieval systems, AI agents, and integrations, working with solution teams, cloud security, and architecture.

The role covers security assessments, runtime controls, secure development practices, and governance discussions.