Security Architect - New College Grad 2026

What you'll do

• Support security certification and compliance, including documentation, evidence collection, compliance mapping, and coordination with certification partners.
• Review specifications and contribute to threat modeling, security architecture documentation, and engineering guidance.
• Build and improve AI-assisted tools and workflows for specification review, security analysis, and threat modeling.

What they ask for

• Pursuing or recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong foundation in computer architecture, digital logic, operating systems, embedded systems, or computer security.
• Coursework, internship, research, project, or equivalent experience in security, computer architecture, hardware design, or cryptography.
• Programming and debugging fundamentals in one or more of C, C++, Python, Verilog, System Verilog, ARM assembly, RISC V assembly, or scripting languages.

Nice to have

• Exposure to SoC or platform security, cryptography, threat modeling, security testing, ASIC/RTL/verification, or embedded firmware.
• Experience building AI-assisted engineering tools, automation, retrieval systems, agents, or evaluation workflows.

Pay

108,000 USD - 178,250 USD (base salary, Level 1); 124,000 USD - 195,500 USD (base salary, Level 2)

Tools

C, C++, Python, Verilog, System Verilog, ARM assembly, RISC V assembly, LLMs

AI focus

Build and apply AI-assisted tools and workflows for specification analysis, design reviews, threat modeling, evidence tracking, security knowledge retrieval, and engineering productivity, while protecting confidential design information.