# Hardware Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (HW-CSDL) Security Advisor

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Raleigh, North Carolina
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $132,800.00 - $185,100.00
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Security & Trust Organization (S&TO) at Cisco has a hybrid role for a Hardware Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (HW-CSDL) Security Advisor in Raleigh, North Carolina. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted technical advisor and security partner to hardware engineering teams across Cisco.

Responsibilities:

- Provide security consulting and guidance to product hardware teams to analyze results from hardware security evaluations and achieve HW-CSDL compliance.

- Conduct system-to-component analysis to identify vulnerabilities and design-in resilience.

- Interpret and apply emerging industry and government standards into technical guidance and design requirements.

- Author high-quality security guidelines, reference architectures, implementation guides, and best-practice documentation.

- Participate in, lead, and balance multiple parallel engagements, consulting efforts, and security initiatives.

- Educate and influence hardware design communities to foster a security-first culture.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field with 7+ years of relevant hardware design/engineering experience.

- Prior background in hardware development and hardware security fundamentals.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with AI-assisted development and automation for hardware security applications.

- Experience with scripting and RTL design/verification for hardware security solutions development.

- Background in hardware security frameworks and standards.

- Experience with hardware threat modeling or hardware security analysis.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

- Paid parental leave.

- Short and long-term disability coverage.

- Basic life insurance.

- Paid time away.

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

Salary Range: $132,800.00 - $185,100.00 per year

## Skills

### Required
- hardware security
- security consulting
- system analysis
- technical documentation

### Nice to have
- AI-assisted development
- scripting
- RTL design/verification
- hardware threat modeling

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