NVIDIA
Senior Hardware Security Architect
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of meaningful relevant work or research experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, PhD (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Defines and guides security architecture for NVIDIA SoCs, GPUs, and platforms, from roadmap development through design review and partner support.
What you'll do
- Develop platform security direction and long-term product security roadmaps with cross-functional teams.
- Research, design, and develop security architecture that meets requirements and standards; review specifications for compliance.
- Work with customers and partners to identify and address security issues and threats.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, PhD (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- 8+ years of meaningful relevant work or research experience.
- Experience with the ASIC design process and architecture of large SoCs or GPUs.
- Programming and debugging fundamentals across languages such as C/C++, Verilog, ARM assembly and Python/Perl scripting; strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a dynamic customer focused team.
Nice to have
- Experience with or exposure to system architecture for Gaming, Automotive, Server or AI platforms and cryptography.
- Experience with or exposure to SoC security, secure or measured boot, ARM or RISCV architectures, physical-attack mitigations, remote attestation, DRM, threat modelling, penetration testing, and certification/compliance testing.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary; 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Verilog, ARM assembly, Python/Perl scripting, ARM, RISCV, TPM, DRM
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