GPU SW Security Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$152,000 - $241,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves joining the GPU Software team to focus on automating the enforcement of security standards across software releases, utilizing traditional tooling and AI agents.
What you'll do
- Lead the adoption of AI agents in security to reinvent manual workflows.
- Translate security requirements (hardening flags, isolation mechanisms, security invariants) into automated, per-release checks.
- Own and maintain the release security scanning pipeline and prioritize findings with product teams.
- Collaborate on broader security engineering tasks including threat modeling, architecture reviews, vulnerability mitigation, and remediation.
What you'll need
- 5+ years in security engineering with experience in drivers, kernel, or firmware.
- Strong programming skills in Python and C.
- Hands-on experience building LLM agents or agentic workflows.
- Experience integrating tooling into CI/CD and release pipelines.
- Track record of taking an internal tool from prototype to broad adoption.
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Skills: security engineering, drivers, kernel, firmware, Python, C
This role has been open 12 days — well below the 58-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
180
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$226k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (180 roles · 48 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 25 | 180 |
| Median days open | 29 d | 58 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $226k |
Skills observed across this category: security engineering, drivers, kernel, firmware, Python, C
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 29 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 100 d
- Qualcomm · 20 open roles · median 107 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 94 d
- STMicroelectronics · 12 open roles · median 12 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 36 d
How we counted: 180 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 48 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.