Staff AI Accelerator Security Architect

Qualcomm; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Chip Security Architect for AI accelerators in San Diego.

The role focuses on designing and implementing security architecture for next-gen AI accelerator chips used in datacenters, including attestation, workload isolation, and secure communications. The candidate should have 7+ years in product security or a related field, strong C programming skills, and experience with embedded security systems and device attestation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years in software engineering or related work experience, OR Master's with 3+ years, OR PhD with 2+ years.

Responsibilities

• Define and document baseline security requirements for an AI accelerator chip.
• Define and document security requirements for confidential compute, attestation and workload isolation.
• Define and document security requirements for scale-up/scale-out networks and BMC-controlled devices.
• Define architecture to meet security requirements and prototype/test security components.
• Collaborate with teams to prototype, implement, and test security-critical parts of the architecture.

Skills

C programming

Embedded security

Attestation systems

Cryptography

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (Eng/CS) + 4+ years

Master's degree + 3+ years

PhD + 2+ years

Tools

PCIe security

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Chip Security Architect for AI accelerators in San Diego.

The role focuses on designing and implementing security architecture for next-gen AI accelerator chips used in datacenters, including attestation, workload isolation, and secure communications. The candidate should have 7+ years in product security or a related field, strong C programming skills, and experience with embedded security systems and device attestation.