Amazon
Security Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security
$159K–$202K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in the listed security areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Secures Amazon device chips and low-level software through architecture reviews, threat modeling, code review, security testing, and guidance to product teams.
What you'll do
- Guide device security from design and threat modeling through code reviews, testing, and fuzzing.
- Develop security tools and techniques, identify risks, and advise product teams on mitigations.
- Develop security policies and training materials, and participate in projects creating new intellectual property.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Knowledge of hardware security mechanisms, including secure boot and trusted execution environments.
- Knowledge of operating system internals, especially Linux and common RTOS environments; semiconductor reverse engineering.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in system-level threat modeling, secure code reviews, cryptography, and SoC-level security fundamentals.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or above in a related field; scripting experience with Python, Perl, or Linux bash.
- Experience with hardware, system, and network security; code review, exploit development, fault injection, or side-channel attack and mitigation.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, RTOS, Python, Perl, Linux bash
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