Senior Product Security Architect: Certification Lead

Arm; Valbonne; Hybrid; EUR 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm is seeking a Principal Product Security Engineer to lead interactions with external security laboratories and certification bodies. You will steer security evaluations, coordinate certification programs, and ensure products meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.

This role guarantees that Arm products achieve and maintain high assurance levels through rigorous evaluation processes and comprehensive documentation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product security, security evaluation, certification, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of security evaluation schemes such as Common Criteria, SESIP, PSA Certified, FIPS 140-3, ISO 21434, EU-CRA or similar frameworks.
• Confirmed experience collaborating with external security laboratories and navigating formal evaluation processes.
• Confirmed understanding of cryptographic primitives, secure key lifecycle management, and secure provisioning workflows.
• Experience with silicon/SoC security architecture, including threat modelling, attacker models, and countermeasures.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to handle sophisticated, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and documentation abilities.
• Ability to work with multi-functional engineering, product, and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical work with accredited third-party security laboratories responsible for evaluating Arm products.
• Lead, coordinate, and run end-to-end security evaluation and certification programs, including planning, execution, documentation, and closure.
• Ensure that all evidence, documentation, test vectors, and artefacts required for certification are accurate, complete, and delivered on schedule.
• Review and validate lab findings, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and retested when needed.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evolving certification standards (e.g., Common Criteria, PSA Certified, SESIP, FIPS, ISO21434, IEC 62443, etc.).
• Establish and maintain clear, comprehensive, and current documentation for all evaluation processes and certification workflows.
• Provide internal guidance and mentoring on evaluation methodologies, certification readiness, and standards.

Skills

Product security

Security evaluation

Certification programs

Cryptography basics

SoC security

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Arm is seeking a Principal Product Security Engineer to lead interactions with external security laboratories and certification bodies. You will steer security evaluations, coordinate certification programs, and ensure products meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.

This role guarantees that Arm products achieve and maintain high assurance levels through rigorous evaluation processes and comprehensive documentation.