Microsoft
Senior Hardware Security Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +3 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Austin, TX
Mountain View, CA
Raleigh, NC - Experience
- Required: 3+ years with a master’s degree, or 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 10+ years in SoC internal-block architecture, design, and validation; alternate degree-based experience pathways are also stated.
- Education
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and validates hardware security architecture for cloud platforms and AI infrastructure, from threat modeling and silicon design through manufacturing and deployment.
What you'll do
- Architect security infrastructure for AI technologies such as accelerator modules, considering throughput and latency requirements.
- Develop AI agents for security analysis of code and architecture.
- Analyze platform threats and component interactions; develop security solutions from silicon through platform deployment.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience; OR bachelor’s degree in one of those fields and 5+ years; OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- 10+ years in architecture, design, and validation of SoC internal blocks.
- Experience with System Verilog, synthesis tools, pre-silicon timing debug, UVM, C, Python, or Rust; familiarity with PCIe and server architectures.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
System Verilog, Synthesis tools, UVM, C, Python, Rust, PCIe
AI focus
Architects security infrastructure for AI technologies and develops AI agents for security analysis of code and architecture.
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