Senior Staff Security Architect, Embedded Systems

Via Licensing Corporation; Leinster; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Via Licensing Corporation is looking for a Cyber and IP Security Leader to join their team in Ireland. This role will involve defining and delivering the security vision while protecting Dolby's intellectual property across all platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background combined with business leadership experience.

Responsibilities include developing security architectures, guiding product development for security compliance, and collaborating across various business units. A Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree, Masters preferred.
• Experience with software protection and anti-reverse engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver Dolby’s Cyber and IP security vision.
• Develop security architectures to protect intellectual property.
• Guide engineering teams in secure product development.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Technical security architecture

Software protection techniques

Vulnerability assessments

Persuasive communication

Agile methodology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field

MBA or other business qualification

Tools

Cryptographic concepts

Trusted Execution Environment

SoC architecture

Job description

Job Summary

Join the Core Technology team in Dolby's Entertainment organization to create spectacular experiences for consumers in every home while shaping the strategic future of our intellectual property (IP) security program. At Dolby, protecting our intellectual property is as crucial as creating it. This highly visible role combines technical security architecture expertise with strategic business leadership to safeguard Dolby's innovations across all platforms, from embedded systems to consumer devices.

As a key member of our team, you will work at the intersection of security architecture, intellectual property protection, and business strategy. You'll help model our long‑term IP security program by providing both corporate guidance and hands‑on technical leadership to advance our licensing model for the future. This position blends deep technical proficiency with business acumen to ensure our security strategies align with business needs while implementing the controls necessary to protect our investments and revenue streams.

Your work will span the entire Dolby ecosystem, ensuring our technologies remain secure worldwide while actively representing the Cyber and IP security function as a key contributor within internal working groups. You'll collaborate closely with leaders from various business, sales, and legal groups, contributing significantly to the definition, strategy, development, and execution of Cyber and IP security across multiple business units. This role offers the unique opportunity to make a fundamental contribution to how Dolby deploys its Intellectual Property, combining strategic vision with technical implementation to protect and advance our innovations for the future.

Essential Job Functions

• Define, create and deliver Dolby’s Cyber and IP security vision and value proposition
• Develop and maintain security architectures and threat models to protect Dolby's intellectual property across all deployment platforms and device categories
• Provide security guidance and consultation to engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle, including secure coding practices and vulnerability assessments to ensure the development of secure products
• Investigate and evaluate new software protection mechanisms, focusing on optimal balance between cost, complexity, security, and flexibility
• Maintain industry alignment on security standards and provide thought leadership on future security requirements
• Drive consensus across multiple stakeholder teams to obtain buy‑in from those groups on proposed solutions
• Use sound business judgment to influence and change mindsets to drive IP Security as the next frontier in driving profitability and shareholder value
• Champion cross‑functional stakeholder efforts to better predict contingent outcomes from both the customer and market competitive perspectives
• Understand the company and customer business ecosystem to better integrate the Cyber and IP Security value proposition throughout the supply chain while balancing the needs of both
• Drive the IP Security engineering teams to deliver these security controls using agile methodology, and be adaptable to changes in the market or in the internal environment
• Define test strategies used to verify the level of robustness of both internal and external software protection mechanisms, as defined by product requirements and legal agreements

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field (Masters preferred)
• MBA, or other business qualification is preferred
• Able to think strategically and tactically with business results in mind
• An evangelizer of new and innovative ideas, persuasive communicator able to articulate ideas and thoughts clearly through various means, including written and oral communications with all levels of the organization
• Experience with software protection and anti‑reverse engineering techniques
• Wide‑ranging knowledge of intellectual property (IP) protection and security landscape
• Key technologies and players in the market
• Mechanisms and techniques to protect both hardware and software IP
• Cloud IP delivery mechanism
• In‑depth knowledge of the hardware and software mechanisms available in embedded and consumer devices:
  • Software protection techniques and countermeasures against reverse engineering
  • Knowledge of cryptographic concepts
  • Trusted Execution Environment, TrustZone and Virtualization
  • Watermarking and tracking techniques
  • Provisioning of security assets
  • Code protection
  • SoC architecture
• Working knowledge of formal security analysis and testing methodologies
• Experience with IP security deployment in embedded and consumer products

Dolby Hiring Entity
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Block C
Grand Canal Docklands
Dublin D02 VK60
Ireland