GenAI Application Security Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Austin, TX seeks an AI Application Security Engineer to secure AI-powered applications, GenAI solutions, and RAG systems across enterprise environments. You will focus on securing the application layer, including authentication, authorization, prompt handling, API integrations, and data access patterns.

You will collaborate with development, AI engineering, and security teams to ensure secure design, deployment, and testing in line with NXP security standards and SSDLC

Qualifications

• SSDLC, security testing, and cloud-native security practices
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, or AI-assisted development environments
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, OWASP ASVS, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF concepts

Responsibilities

• Conduct application security assessments and secure design reviews for AI-powered applications and GenAI solutions
• Review AI integrations involving APIs, plugins, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and enterprise applications
• Evaluate risks related to prompt injection, insecure outputs, data leakage, insecure APIs, and retrieval poisoning
• Support secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices for AI applications and AI-enabled development workflows
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement secure coding practices, application-layer controls, and secure authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Support AI application penetration testing, API security testing, and remediation activities
• Assist with validating secure use of AI coding assistants and AI-enabled development tools
• Support implementation of controls aligned with NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and secure application engineering practices

Skills

Application security

Secure coding

API security

Authentication and authorization

Tenant isolation

AI/GenAI concepts

Cloud-native security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

Masters preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

NXP Semiconductors in Austin, TX seeks an AI Application Security Engineer to secure AI-powered applications, GenAI solutions, and RAG systems across enterprise environments. You will focus on securing the application layer, including authentication, authorization, prompt handling, API integrations, and data access patterns.

You will collaborate with development, AI engineering, and security teams to ensure secure design, deployment, and testing in line with NXP security standards and SSDLC