Amazon
Sr Security Engineer, HW, Devices and Services Security
$178K–$248K
Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years in security issue and risk identification and mitigation planning; 4+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Identifies and mitigates security issues in chips, low-level software, and Amazon devices through security architecture, reviews, testing, and consultation with product teams.
What you'll do
- Guide secure device development through security design, threat modeling, code reviews, testing, and fuzzing.
- Research and develop tools and techniques to improve device security, and advise product teams on security risks and mitigations.
- Develop security policies and training materials, and participate in projects creating new intellectual property.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans.
- 4+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
- Knowledge of hardware security mechanisms, semiconductor reverse engineering, and operating system internals, especially Linux and common RTOS environments.
Nice to have
- Experience with threat modeling or other risk-identification techniques; master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong code review and exploit development; hands-on fault injection, side-channel attack and mitigation experience; or hardware, system, and network security experience including cryptography.
Pay
USD 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 annually (base salary); USD 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, RTOS, bootrom, bootloader, firmware
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