- Level
- Mid level
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Work style
- Not stated
- Full-time
- Area
- Security engineering
At a glance
The role in plain English
This role focuses on architecting, designing and validating hardware security features for NVIDIA's GPU products. The position suits experienced hardware engineers with a strong interest in security at the hardware and firmware layers. Day-to-day tasks involve developing tools and tests, reviewing designs, and collaborating with the GPU hardware security team to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure robust security from design through implementation.
What you'll do
- Support GPU hardware security architects from design to implementation
- Develop Perl and Python scripts to analyze vulnerabilities
- Create tests to verify GPU security features
- Review firmware and hardware designs for security
- Assist in defining and verifying secure hardware features
What they're looking for
Essential
- Master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
- 3-5 years hardware development with security focus
- Proficient C/C++ programming
- Low-level firmware experience
- Strong communication skills
Nice to have
- Perl and Python scripting on Linux
- Experience with security testing and threat modeling
- Familiarity with kernel level security concepts
- Interest in microarchitectural attacks or hardware cryptography
Core skills
- C/C++
- Firmware
- Perl
- Python
- Security testing
- Threat modeling
- Hardware security
The shape of the job
Technical depth
4/5
Pace
3/5
Ownership
3/5
Teamwork
4/5
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- 01Describe your experience designing secure hardware architectures.
- 02How would you identify and mitigate hardware vulnerabilities in a GPU design?
- 03What tools and methods do you use for security testing at the hardware level?
- 04Explain your approach to reviewing firmware for security flaws.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA develops GPU products and related hardware, with a focus on secure and robust architectures for data centre environments.
Full job descriptionAs published by NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking a Hardware Security engineer to architect, design and, validate HW security for its core GPU products. You are expected work with the GPU HW Security team to ensure the GPU architecture meets NVIDIA's HW security objectives. Persons in this role will develop tools and tests to analyze and verify our design, as well as help reduce risk, threats, and vulnerabilities with a focus on hardware and firmware layers; including considerations for safely scaling up GPUs in data center environments.
What you'll be doing:
- Support the GPU HW Security architects to ensure robust, secure service posture from design to implementation in multiple products.
- Develop Tools (perl and pyton scripts) to analyze and document vulnerabilities in current and upcoming designs.
- Develop tests that run on the GPU architectural model to verify security features.
- Perform security reviews of firmware and hardware designs and assist others to ensure quality and robustness of our products.
- Assist in defining architectural and micro-architectural details for features that improve security of our GPUs.
- Assist in implementation and verification of hardware features that improve security of our GPUs.
What we need to see:
- A Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- 3-5 years of relevant hardware development experience with a focus and interest in hardware security.
- Proficient C/C++ programming and low-level firmware experience.
- Strong communication skills are required along with the ability to work in a dynamic product oriented team.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Experience with scripting in Perl and Python on Linux.
- Experience with security testing techniques, threat modeling, fuzzing, negative testing and other techniques. Familiarity with kernel level security concepts.
- Interest in micro architectural attacks (side channels, fault injection, etc) and / or HW level applications of cryptography; secure boot, key management, etc.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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