Red Team Hardware Security Researcher (SoC/GPU)

NVIDIA Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 224,000 - 357,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara is seeking an Offensive Hardware Security Researcher to probe vulnerabilities in cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs. You will develop tools, apply side-channel and fault attacks, and help integrate mitigations into the security architecture.

Collaboration across teams is essential as you advance pre-silicon security research. Required: BS/BA in CS/CE/EE, 6+ years in security, experience with ARM/RISCV, Verilog, and low-level C, plus threat modeling and SDL

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of work experience in a Security related field.
• Experience with ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog and low-level C programming.
• Understanding of large SoC and ASIC architecture and design.
• Experience with security code reviews of complex firmware projects and defensive coding best practices (SDL, threat modeling).
• Ability to work collaboratively and remotely with multiple experts to accomplish complex goals.

Responsibilities

• Research vulnerabilities on cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs.
• Develop and use cutting-edge security tools and techniques.
• Guide the continuous integration of latest mitigations into our security architecture.
• Research and exploit side-channel, fault, and advanced physical attacks.

Skills

ARM/RISCV assembly

Low-level C

Threat modeling

Side-channel analysis

Fuzzing tools

JTAG/Debugging

Reverse-engineering

Education

BS/BA in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Verilog

Ghidra

IDA Pro

ChipWhisperer

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara is seeking an Offensive Hardware Security Researcher to probe vulnerabilities in cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs. You will develop tools, apply side-channel and fault attacks, and help integrate mitigations into the security architecture.

Collaboration across teams is essential as you advance pre-silicon security research. Required: BS/BA in CS/CE/EE, 6+ years in security, experience with ARM/RISCV, Verilog, and low-level C, plus threat modeling and SDL