Software Security Architect

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 224,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks an experienced Software Security Architect for DRIVE OS Automotive Software to define and analyze secure architectures for centralized automotive computing platforms. You will drive threat modeling, security reviews, and OS policy across Android, Linux, QNX, and virtualized environments.

Join a team that partners with safety and hardware to balance performance, resilience, and safety. You will mentor engineers and shape multi-tenant, secure automotive software with a focus on

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in secure and safe embedded software development.
• Background in embedded systems security, OS security for high-performance computers.
• Experience with threat modeling and applied cryptography.
• Familiarity with ARM-based SoC architecture and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Define, analyze, and review secure software architectures for automotive platforms.
• Perform threat modeling for multi-tenant systems.
• Collaborate with safety architects on security and safety interactions.
• Define OS security policy across Android, Linux, QNX, and virtualization.
• Build security systems ensuring integrity and availability of vehicle software.
• Guide teams on secure build, secure coding, threat mitigation, and reviews.
• Coordinate across software, hardware, safety, and security teams.

Skills

Embedded security

Threat modeling

OS security

Security architecture

Cryptography

Security reviews

Multi-tenant virtualization

Safety-critical systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience

Job description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s motivated by great technology - and outstanding people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, encouraging environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

Are you passionate about software security and looking to make a significant impact in the automotive industry? Join NVIDIA, a world-class leader in AI and accelerated computing, as a Software Security Architect in our DRIVE OS Automotive Software team. In this role, you'll contribute to the development of safety-critical automotive platforms, that meet high performance demands while being resilient to cyber attacks.

What you’ll be doing:

• Define, analyze, and review secure software architectures for centralized automotive computing platforms.
• Perform threat modeling and security architecture analysis for mixed-criticality, multi-tenant automotive software systems.
• Partner with safety architects to reason about the interaction between security controls, safety mechanisms, failure modes, and recovery behavior.
• Define OS security policy, access control, isolation, and privilege models across Android, Linux, QNX, and virtualized environments.
• Build security systems that maintain integrity and availability for safety-critical vehicle software.
• Analyze security trade-offs involving performance, latency, memory footprint, boot time, diagnosability, and functional safety requirements.
• Guide engineering teams on secure build, secure coding, threat mitigation, and security review practices.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, safety, security, and systems teams to meet NVIDIA and automotive industry standards.

What we need to see:

• 12+ years of experience in secure and safe embedded software development Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• Strong background in embedded systems security, platform security, and OS security applied to high performance computers (HPCs).
• Solid understanding of software safety principles and their interplay with secure develop principles when applied to mixed-criticality systems.
• Experience implementing security frameworks to address integrity and availability issues.
• Experience with threat modeling, applied cryptography, common attack vectors, and security reviews.
• Familiarity with ARM-based SoC architecture, including caches, buses, memory controllers, debug, interrupt handling, and device access control.
• Familiarity with OS architecture, kernel concepts, drivers, process isolation, memory protection, and networking protocols such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, and TLS.
• Experience with virtualization technologies and building secure multi-tenant embedded platforms.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Hands-on experience with both ISO/SAE 21434 and ISO 26262, including TARA, HARA, and safety-security co-analysis.
• Experience crafting security architecture for safety-critical embedded systems.
• Deep experience with hypervisors, kernels, device drivers, boot firmware, debug infrastructure, or low-level platform security.
• Experience with formal specification, formal verification, and model checking.
• Ability to translate between safety, security, systems, and software engineering teams and drive practical architectural decisions.

Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 23, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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