Sr. Information Lab Security Lead - TX, Austin, United States
$133,000 - $228,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Manage information security across campus labs, colocation facilities, and compute farms to protect hardware and software R&D environments. The scope covers physical lab security, cyber-physical controls for GPU clusters, and IP protection for pre-release hardware.
What you'll do
- Define and enforce security standards across global labs and compute facilities while maintaining site-specific security plans. - Establish security controls for large-scale compute environments like GPU clusters and AI farms, enforcing network segmentation, monitoring, and anomaly detection. - Lead the protection of sensitive IP, including pre-release hardware and software, and develop insider threat controls. - Ensure compliance with EAR, ISO, NIST, and other regulatory frameworks across lab operations and risk assessments. - Design and govern secure connectivity with external partners such as ODC and OSAT using VPN, SD-WAN, and ZTNA standards. - Lead incident response for lab-related security incidents, maintain risk registers, and drive vulnerability remediation and patching.
What you'll need
- Professional experience securing hardware and software R&D environments across labs, colocation facilities, or large-scale compute infrastructure. - Experience defining and enforcing security standards, network segmentation, and cyber-physical controls for compute facilities. - Knowledge of compliance frameworks and export controls such as EAR, ISO, or NIST. - Experience managing protocols for IP protection, insider threats, or sensitive pre-release assets.
Nice to have
- Background in semiconductor, hardware engineering, or other R&D-intensive industries where pre-release IP protection is critical. - Experience evaluating and securing connectivity to ODC (Outsourced Design Center) or OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) partners. - Experience securing AI/ML compute infrastructure, including familiarity with GPU cluster deployments and fabric interconnects. - Professional security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CISA, SANS, MCSE, or RHCSS. - Experience working in or alongside a Security Operations Center (SOC) with SIEM platforms, UEBA tools, and alert triage workflows. - BS or MS in a related field.
Skills: lab security, IP protection, cyber-physical security, compute facilities, security standards, supply chain security
This role has been open 120 days — well above the 58-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
183
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$220k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (183 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 183 |
| Median days open | 77 d | 58 d (+19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: lab security, IP protection, cyber-physical security, compute facilities, security standards, supply chain security
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 30 open roles · median 38 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 91 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 126 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 106 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 20 d
- Synopsys · 10 open roles · median 7 d
How we counted: 183 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.