Functional Safety Intern - Spring 2027

Business Line Description :

NXP's CTO Functional Safety Competence Centre (FuSa CC) is a central engineering organization responsible for safety architecture and management for NXP's Automotive, Edge, Audio , Analog and Radar Processing business lines. Team produces functional safety solutions covering the very wide-range of SoC solutions required by the business lines. The team is challenged to produce industry-leading functional safety solutions covering very cost-sensitive, low power devices to highly-integrated, high performance, multi-domain devices compliant with the latest automotive and industrial safety standards. This role provides an opportunity to work alongside experienced safety architects and engineers on next-generation automotive and industrial semiconductor products.

Job Summary :

• Assist in defining and documenting safety requirements in compliance with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
• Support development of functional safety concepts for IPs, subsystems, and SoC platforms.
• Contribute to safety analysis activities including FMEDA, FTA, DFA, and Fault Injection.
• Support preparation of safety work products required for safety assessments and audits.
• Collaborate with design, verification, software, and system engineering teams to understand implementation of safety mechanisms.
• Assist in reviewing technical safety documentation, safety manuals, and safety case artifacts.
• Support integration of safety IPs and safety architecture solutions into automotive and industrial products.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives, automation, and development of safety engineering methodologies

Required Qualifications :

• Currently pursuing a Master'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 interest in automotive safety standards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and global engineering environment.

In order to be considered for a spring internship with NXP you must be returning to school or graduating at the conclusion of the internship term. If you are graduating prior to May 2027 please apply to Entry Level full-time roles.

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NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.