Senior Hardware Security Architect - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
Define, craft, and guide security architecture for SoCs and GPUs.
About the role
This role defines, crafts, and guides implementation of security architecture for innovative SoCs and GPUs.
What you'll do
- Guide the direction of platform security and develop a long-term security roadmap.
- Research, design, and develop architecture solutions meeting internal and external security requirements and standards.
- Review architectural, microarchitectural and verification specifications to ensure IP compliance with platform security requirements.
- Work with customers and partners to identify and address security issues and threats.
What you'll need
- BS, MS, PhD (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- 8+ years of relevant work or research experience.
- Experience with the ASIC design process and architecture of large SoCs or GPUs.
- Programming and debugging fundamentals across languages such as C/C++, Verilog, ARM assembly, Python/Perl scripting.
- Experience with system architecture for Gaming, Automotive, Server or AI platforms and Cryptography: algorithms, standards, implementation and application.
- Experience with SoC security architecture and security fundamentals including secure boot or measured boot and ARM or RISCV CPU architectures.
- Experience with security mitigations against physical attacks including fault injection and side channel attacks.
- Experience with remote attestation mechanisms based on TPM or other solutions and Digital Rights Management (DRM) standards.
- Experience with security threat modelling and penetration testing and certification standards and compliance testing.
Skills: platform security, security roadmap, SoC security architecture, secure boot, side channel attacks
This role has been open 33 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
184
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$229k
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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 (184 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 184 |
| Median days open | 33 d | 58 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: platform security, security roadmap, SoC security architecture, secure boot, side channel attacks
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 27 open roles · median 33 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 105 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 119 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 99 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 17 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 184 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.