Staff Security Engineer — Tensor SoC & Pixel

Cybersecurity Jobs; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google’s Silicon team is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to protect Tensor SoC and Pixel smartphones. You will perform offensive security assessments, threat modeling, and security reviews, collaborating with engineers to mitigate issues across hardware and software.

You will lead security efforts across firmware and device components, identify weaknesses, validate impact, and drive stronger system defenses in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of offensive security engineering experience.
• 8 years of coding experience in C, C++, Python, or Rust.
• 3 years of experience leading teams or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with embedded software, device drivers, kernels, or firmware.

Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive security assessments, vulnerability research, and penetration testing across Tensor SoC firmware and software stacks.
• Perform architecture and implementation-level threat modeling, design reviews, and security audits.
• Develop automated testing tools, fuzzers, and exploits to identify and validate vulnerabilities.
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware, software, and product teams to design mitigation strategies and promote security best practices.
• Use system-level knowledge of software and hardware security to improve overall system security and attack resistance.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Rust

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Google’s Silicon team is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to protect Tensor SoC and Pixel smartphones. You will perform offensive security assessments, threat modeling, and security reviews, collaborating with engineers to mitigate issues across hardware and software.

You will lead security efforts across firmware and device components, identify weaknesses, validate impact, and drive stronger system defenses in collaboration with cross-functional teams.