Functional Safety Intern - Spring 2027

NXP Semiconductors • Austin, TX

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About The Position

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. The team produces functional safety solutions covering a 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Must be returning to school or graduating at the conclusion of the internship term. If graduating prior to May 2027, apply to Entry Level full-time roles.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern