Description
NVIDIA is seeking a Principal Hardware Security Architect to drive the security roadmap for its next-generation SoCs and GPUs. You will define, craft, and guide the implementation of security architecture for innovative platforms, focusing on emerging threats in advanced packaging, connectivity, and physical attack vectors.
You will work with diverse teams across NVIDIA, external partners, and industry bodies to meet and exceed security requirements for mobile, automotive, gaming, and data center platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Define Security Roadmap: Collaborate across the company to guide platform security direction and develop a long-term security roadmap for products.
- Physical Security & Standards: Research, design, and develop architecture solutions that provide mitigations against physical attacks, including fault injection and side-channel attacks.
- Advanced Packaging & Photonics Threat Modeling: Analyze and develop threat models for new technologies, including advanced packaging and silicon photonics connectivity.
- AI-Accelerated Discovery: Employ AI and other new tools to accelerate the discovery and triage of hardware vulnerabilities.
- Architecture & Verification: Review architectural, microarchitectural, and verification specifications to ensure alignment with platform security requirements.
Requirements:
- Education: MS or PhD (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
- Experience: 15+ years of meaningful relevant work or research experience.
- Technical Depth: Experience with ASIC design process, architecture of large SoCs or GPUs, programming, and debugging fundamentals.
- Security Expertise: Direct experience with security mitigations against physical attacks, knowledge of security threat modeling and penetration testing.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Packaging Security: Published research or hands-on experience securing 2.5D/3D ICs, chiplets, or System-in-Package (SiP) designs.
- Photonics Security: Expertise in the security risks of silicon photonics and optoelectronic systems.
- AI for Security: Demonstrated experience deploying AI/ML models for hardware vulnerability discovery.
- Industry Impact: Active participation in standards bodies or a track record of patenting security inventions.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.