Description
The Security & Trust Organization (S&TO) at Cisco seeks a Hardware Security Engineer to focus on Hyperscaler Security. You will ensure Cisco's next-generation platforms and custom Hyperscaler hardware architectures adhere to rigorous security, trust, and resilience standards.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze sophisticated systems from high-level architecture down to component-level silicon
- Guide multi-functional engineering teams and external partners to deliver robust, secure hardware solutions
- Evaluate system-level hardware designs, schematics, board architectures, and component datasheets to identify threat vectors, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps
- Interpret, apply, and establish requirements aligned with emerging industry standards and compliance frameworks
- Provide technical guidance and architectural design guidance to product teams, hardware design engineers, firmware/BIOS teams, and third-party vendors
- Author hardware security requirements, review checklists, threat models, compliance white papers, and engineering specifications
- Participate in and manage multiple concurrent security evaluations, design reviews, and compliance workstreams
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field with 7+ years of relevant experience
- Prior background in hardware development and hardware security fundamentals
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with crafting, implementing, or evaluating hardware-rooted attestation architectures and device identity mechanisms
- Experience with Hyperscaler and cloud platform architectures
- Experience implementing industry standard security IP or developing novel HW security solutions
- Experience with hardware threat modeling or hardware security analysis