Senior Security Engineer - RTOS & Embedded Virtualization

NVIDIA; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced security engineer for automotive platforms in Hillsboro, OR. You will lead security efforts across RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization, while collaborating on CPU/SoC security and hardware isolation.

The role requires strong C/C++ skills and deep knowledge of memory safety, threats, and standards. You will implement robust protections, perform threat modeling (ISO/SAE 21434), and contribute to safety-compliant processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in systems, embedded, platform, product, or automotive security.
• Strong C/C++ skills with focus on memory safety and isolation.
• Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, firmware, boot, driver, or other privileged software.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization technologies across design, implementation, review, and verification.
• Collaborate on CPU and SoC architecture, including privilege levels, memory protection, DMA, interrupts, boot flows, debug controls, and hardware isolation.
• Build and implement defensive features such as strong partitioning, least-privilege access, secure communication, fault containment, secure updates, and recovery from malicious inputs.
• Perform threat modeling and automotive TARA, and connect risks, mitigations, requirements, tests, and evidence to security and safety standards.
• Review low-level C/C++ code, investigate vulnerabilities, build fuzzing and security test infrastructure, and drive fixes into production.

Skills

Security engineering

C/C++ programming

Threat modeling

ISO/SAE 21434 knowledge

Automotive cybersecurity

Memory safety

Education

BS in EE/CS or equivalent

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced security engineer for automotive platforms in Hillsboro, OR. You will lead security efforts across RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization, while collaborating on CPU/SoC security and hardware isolation.

The role requires strong C/C++ skills and deep knowledge of memory safety, threats, and standards. You will implement robust protections, perform threat modeling (ISO/SAE 21434), and contribute to safety-compliant processes.