Senior Hardware Security Architect, GPU

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

9d•$152,000 - $287,500

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Hardware Security engineer to architect, design, and validate hardware security for core GPU products. The role works with the GPU HW Security team to ensure GPU architecture meets NVIDIA's hardware security objectives. It includes developing tools and tests to analyze and verify designs, reducing risks, threats, and vulnerabilities at the hardware and firmware layers, and considering secure scaling of GPUs in data center environments.

Requirements

Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
3–5 years of relevant hardware development experience, with a focus on and interest in hardware security.
Proficiency in C/C++ programming and low-level firmware experience.
Strong communication skills and ability to work in a dynamic, product-oriented team.

Nice To Haves

Experience 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 microarchitectural attacks, such as side channels and fault injection, and/or hardware-level applications of cryptography, including secure boot and key management.

Responsibilities

Support GPU HW Security architects in ensuring a robust, secure service posture from design through implementation across multiple products.
Develop tools, including Perl and Python scripts, to analyze and document vulnerabilities in current and upcoming designs.
Develop tests that run on the GPU architectural model to verify security features.
Review firmware and hardware designs for security and assist others in ensuring product quality and robustness.
Help define architectural and micro-architectural details for features that improve GPU security.
Assist with implementing and verifying hardware features that improve GPU security.