Arm
SoC Security Architect
$250K–$338K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive and senior-level experience requested; no number of years specified.
About the job
Defines and develops SoC security architectures and hardware/software solutions that protect assets across product markets.
What you'll do
- Architect security capabilities including Root of Trust, Secure Boot, key management, Confidential Compute, authentication, encryption, and secure manufacturing.
- Design access control, privilege management, and security policy solutions for Confidential Compute and Secure Media Pipeline.
- Conduct threat modeling, define software security requirements, and collaborate on security design guidelines.
What they ask for
- Extensive security experience, including applied cryptography, key derivation and management, secure boot, secure manufacturing, and confidentiality.
- Expertise in cryptographic algorithms and protocols, hardware/software threat analysis, risk assessment, certification, and side-channel threats and countermeasures.
- Experience with ARM or x86 SoC security architecture, secure boot, attestation, update/recovery, memory safety, control-flow integrity, isolation, virtualization, and confidentiality technologies.
- Senior-level knowledge of Android, Windows, or IoT security; experience in technology roadmaps and leading multinational security teams.
Pay
$249,900-$338,100 per year (base salary)
Tools
ARM, x86, Android, Windows, IoT, SPA, DPA, DRM
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