Senior Product Security Compliance Architect - United States
Originally posted 27 August 2026 by the employer.
Optimize Secure PLC processes and drive complex security certifications across hardware, firmware, and software products.
About the role
This role involves bridging system engineering, legal frameworks, and security execution across technologies powering AI clusters. You will optimize Secure PLC processes, drive complex security certifications, and build automated workflows to scale governance across hardware, firmware, and software products.
What you'll do
- Analyze global cybersecurity regulations and legal mandates, converting compliance standards into actionable technical specifications.
- Optimize, adapt, and scale Secure Product Development Lifecycle processes into active development pipelines.
- Lead end-to-end security evaluations and certification initiatives, conducting technical reviews with lab evaluators and engineering teams.
- Implement automation frameworks and AI workflows to streamline compliance tracking, evidence collection, and security verification.
- Partner with Hardware, Software, Product Management, and Legal teams to provide insight into product security architecture and compliance readiness.
What you'll need
- Extensive background in secure product and system development lifecycle frameworks and risk management standards.
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, product security governance, or secure development programs.
- Practical expertise with secure development lifecycles, threat modeling, risk engineering, and hardware/software security practices.
- Ability to analyze system architectures, low-level firmware, and codebases to ensure technical implementations match governance mandates.
- Direct experience leading hardware, firmware, or software products through third-party security evaluations, testing, or formal validations.
- Proven ability to write code and build automation scripts, AI workflows, or tooling for engineering and operational security tasks.
Skills: product security, Secure PLC, security certifications, hardware, firmware, and software products, cybersecurity regulations
This role has been open 51 days — below the 60-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
185
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$224k
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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 (185 roles · 46 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 29 | 185 |
| Median days open | 32 d | 60 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $224k |
Skills observed across this category: product security, Secure PLC, security certifications, hardware, firmware, and software products, cybersecurity regulations
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 28 open roles · median 34 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 108 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 122 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 102 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 16 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 58 d
How we counted: 185 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 46 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.