Senior Silicon Security Architect

Job Title

Senior Silicon Security Architect

Role Summary

Technical leader responsible for defining, designing, and implementing silicon and firmware security architecture for next-generation networking SoC products. The role is hands-on and requires collaboration with hardware, firmware, software, research, product teams and external partners to meet security requirements.

Experience Level

Senior — 7+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include:

• Research, design, develop and implement hardware and software architecture solutions to meet internal and external security standards.
• Apply and integrate hardware security primitives to enable secure software extensions.
• Design production and provisioning systems for secure SoC deployment.
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams on open-source and proprietary implementations.
• Define and secure IO interfaces and platform boot architectures (USB, I2C, I3C, SPI, UART, PCIe).
• Perform architectural modeling, microarchitectural definition and validation to enable trusted platforms.
• Work with customers and partners to identify, triage and mitigate security threats.

Requirements

Required skills and experience (must-haves listed first):

• 7+ years of relevant experience in silicon security, firmware or SoC design.
• Experience designing production and provisioning systems for SoC platforms.
• Practical experience with key management systems and HSM operation.
• Hands-on experience with IO interfaces: I2C, I3C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe.
• Experience with computing platform boot architecture in embedded devices and servers.
• Knowledge of RISC-V architecture, root-of-trust concepts, and security processors.
• Familiarity with embedded systems and low-level firmware development.
• Understanding of security-by-design hardware principles and privilege models.
• Programming and debugging experience in Verilog, Python/Perl scripting, ARM assembly, and C/C++.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Education Requirements

BSc, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.