NVIDIA
Senior Firmware Security Architect, Networking
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Remote +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Remote
US, TX, Austin
US, MA, Remote
US, WA, Seattle - Experience
- 8+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Academic degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Architects and guides implementation of security features for NVIDIA Networking firmware and products, from threat modeling through secure development and device lifecycle protections.
What you'll do
- Define firmware security architecture, threat models, security requirements, and mitigations; review designs and implementations.
- Partner with firmware, hardware, and ASIC teams to specify security primitives and guide implementation of device lifecycle security features.
- Promote secure firmware development practices, including memory-safe coding patterns in C, static analysis, and fuzzing.
What they ask for
- Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years in product security, firmware security, or security research, including hands-on embedded or firmware codebase work.
- Experience defining production security policy models, including authorization schemes, RBAC, and administrative role separation.
- Familiarity with applied cryptography, threat modeling, common attack vectors, and mitigation techniques.
Nice to have
- M.Sc. or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience with networking-device hardware/software interfaces, hardware roots of trust and isolation, networking software, or high-scale data center security.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
C, RBAC, MPU/MMU, PCIe
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