Senior Embedded Security Architect – Flash Product Security

Sandisk; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk is seeking an experienced Product Security Architect to lead the security architecture for the Flash product portfolio. You will define roadmaps for firmware, hardware, and secure manufacturing, driving threat modeling and secure design across multiple product lines while collaborating with hardware, firmware, and PSA teams.

You will mentor other architects and guide security reviews, aiming to raise the security bar and align with evolving standards.

Qualifications

• Master/PhD in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field, preferably with embedded security specialization.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded product security.
• Expert understanding of practical modern cryptography.
• Proficient in security protocols, cryptography, authentication, attestation, authorization, secure boot, secure communication, digital signatures, certificates and post-quantum cryptography.
• Solid understanding of creating and validating threat models.
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring to other architects and/or development teams.
• Experience in driving FIPS, Common Criteria certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Interface with ecosystem, PSA and product teams to gather security requirements from customers, regulatory, compliance, risk, and industry trends.
• Define the roadmap for security architecture for Flash products, including firmware and hardware, and secure manufacturing infrastructure.
• Drive threat modeling and reference embedded security architectures for product lines and drive BU wide adoption.
• Architect interactions between various system components and peripherals.
• Contribute to requirements and strategy for verification and validation of security features.
• Lead internal security reviews of developed products (HW and/or embedded SW), and guide external evaluations and compliance activities.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams, including hardware design, firmware development, and product security assurance, to ensure that security requirements are incorporated into product design and development processes.
• Follow and promote a secure design mindset from conception to productization across multiple projects and product lines.
• Keep abreast of emerging industry security standards and best practices to guide the team to raise the bar on security.

Skills

Embedded security

Threat modeling

Cryptography

Security protocols

Mentoring/leadership

Communication

Secure boot

Education

Master's/PhD in EE/CS or related

Job description

Sandisk is seeking an experienced Product Security Architect to lead the security architecture for the Flash product portfolio. You will define roadmaps for firmware, hardware, and secure manufacturing, driving threat modeling and secure design across multiple product lines while collaborating with hardware, firmware, and PSA teams.

You will mentor other architects and guide security reviews, aiming to raise the security bar and align with evolving standards.