Senior Security Analyst: Assurance and Global Compliance

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to define and scale security assurance and global compliance practices across our engineering and product organizations in the San Jose area. You will translate security and regulatory expectations into practical frameworks, tools, reviews, and reporting that teams can adopt and use effectively.

You will help shape our Security Development Lifecycle, improve security processes, conduct reviews, and support readiness for CRA, IEC 62443, ISO/SAE21434 and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security engineering, product security, or governance.
• Ability to translate CRA, standards and customer requirements into engineering actions.
• Experience with SDL, audits, and certification-readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Define SDL requirements, lifecycle checkpoints, control objectives, and evidence expectations.
• Create adoption frameworks and evaluate tools for secure engineering and evidence reporting.
• Conduct security reviews, CRA/compliance assessments, and readiness reviews.
• Coordinate with notified bodies on CRA evidence, reporting, and certification-readiness.
• Support customers integrating Altera FPGAs by interpreting security requirements.

Skills

Security engineering

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE/Cybersecurity/IS

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Security Analyst to help define and scale security assurance and global compliance practices across our engineering and product organizations. In this role, you will turn security and regulatory expectations into practical frameworks, tools, reviews, and reporting that teams can adopt and use effectively. You will help shape our Security Development Lifecycle, improve the way security processes are delivered, conduct security and compliance reviews, and support readiness for requirements such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act, IEC 62443, and automotive cybersecurity standards.

What You Will Do

Define SDL requirements, lifecycle checkpoints, control objectives, and evidence expectations. Create adoption frameworks and evaluate tools that make secure engineering, evidence collection, and reporting practical and repeatable. Conduct security reviews, CRA and compliance assessments, readiness reviews, and focused security hackathons. Coordinate with notified bodies and internal stakeholders on CRA evidence, reporting, and certification-readiness activities. Support customers whose products integrate Altera FPGAs by helping interpret security requirements, identify evidence needs, and coordinate product-certification readiness. Track findings and remediation plans, validate corrective actions, and report status to technical and leadership audiences.

Salary Range

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance. $178,200 - $258,000 USD

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in security engineering, product security, security assurance, cybersecurity governance, compliance, or a related field, including at least 3 years in product security, security architecture, assurance leadership, technical leadership, or cross-functional program ownership. Experience defining SDL and secure‑engineering processes and conducting security reviews, compliance assessments, audits, or certification‑readiness activities. Ability to translate CRA, standards, regulations, and customer requirements into clear engineering controls, evidence plans, reports, and remediation actions. Experience assessing complex software, firmware, embedded, semiconductor, cloud, or platform environments

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications Experience working with CRA, IEC62443, ISO/SAE21434, UNR155/UNR156, TISAX, ISO27001, NIST, notified bodies, or customer certification programs. Experience in semiconductor, FPGA, silicon, embedded systems, automotive, firmware, hardware/software, or other security‑critical product environments. Familiarity with software supply‑chain security, SBOMs, vulnerability disclosure, third‑party/open‑source risk, and evidence automation. Experience evaluating GRC, compliance‑automation, security‑testing, or evidence‑management tools; relevant security certifications are a plus.

Job Type and Location

Job Type: Regular Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location: San Jose, California, United States Additional Locations:

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

About Altera

Altera: Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.