Senior Security Engineer - RTOS & Hypervisor Security

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in California is hiring a Senior Security Engineer for RTOS and virtualization. You will lead security engineering across RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded software, collaborating on CPU/SoC architecture, protection, and isolation.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and building fuzzing infrastructure, with a focus on automotive safety standards and secure updates. Strong C/C++ skills and hands-on security experience are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in security for embedded, automotive, or systems software.
• Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, or firmware.
• Strong C/C++ with memory safety and isolation.
• Familiarity with MMU/SMMU/IOMMU, DMA, and boot flows.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization.
• Collaborate on CPU/SoC architecture, memory protection, and hardware isolation.
• Develop defenses like partitioning, least privilege, secure updates.
• Perform threat modeling, TARA, and link risks to standards.
• Review low-level code, set up fuzzing and security tests.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Security engineering

Embedded systems

Threat modeling

Education

BSEE/ BSCS degree or equivalent

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in California is hiring a Senior Security Engineer for RTOS and virtualization. You will lead security engineering across RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded software, collaborating on CPU/SoC architecture, protection, and isolation.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and building fuzzing infrastructure, with a focus on automotive safety standards and secure updates. Strong C/C++ skills and hands-on security experience are required.