Internship: Customer Application Support, Security & IoT (m/f/d)

We are looking for a motivated student located in Gratkorn/Graz to support our Customer Application Support (CAS) team in the area of Security and Internet of Things (IoT) part-time, in parallel to their studies.

Our team supports customers worldwide in successfully integrating and using semiconductor products and solutions, with a strong focus on NFC, RFID, secure authentication, connectivity, security, IoT and embedded applications .
In this role, you will work alongside experienced application engineers and gain hands-on experience with real customer applications, semiconductor products, development tools, and technical support processes.

Your Responsibilities:
As part of the Customer Application Support team, you will:

- Support application engineers with technical investigations and customer-related topics in the Security and IoT domain.

- Set up, configure, and evaluate development boards, evaluation kits, and reference designs .

- Perform laboratory measurements, functional testing, and troubleshooting of hardware and software and document the results.

- Help create demonstrations that explain Security and IoT technologies and their practical application.

- Work with application engineers and other technical teams in an international environment .

What You Will Learn:
During your time with the CAS team, you will gain practical experience in areas such as:

- Embedded systems and microcontrollers

- IoT devices and connected products

- Secure elements and hardware-based security

- Device authentication and secure identity

- Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography

- AES, ECC, hashing, certificates, and PKI concepts

- Secure provisioning and key management

Your Profile:

- Ongoing studies in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, Biomedical Engineering or a related technical field

- Basic knowledge of embedded systems, electronics, or software development .

- Programming experience in C/C++ and/or Python .

- An interest in cybersecurity, IoT, authentication, and embedded security .

- Basic understanding of communication interfaces and protocols.

- A practical and analytical approach to solving technical problems.

- Curiosity and willingness to work with both hardware and software .

- Good written and spoken English .

- Ability to work independently while being part of an international engineering team.

- Availability approximately 20h/week

Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is curious, hands-on, eager to learn, and interested in understanding how technology works in real customer applications .

Please note: The successful candidate may/will be responsible for security related tasks. The assignment may/will be in scope of security certifications, therefore a conscious and reliable way of working is necessary.
The minimum salary for this position is EUR 2.800,- gross/month for full-time equivalent at NXP Austria.
Moreover, we provide attractive benefits to our employees like home office, flexible working time, meal benefits and more.

We are proud to have received the Leading Employer Award in 2026, which is presented exclusively only to the top 1% of employers in Austria.

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