CareerPlan

Offensive Hardware Security Researcher

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-06-26 → 2026-11-10

Core

Research hardware vulnerabilities in SoC and GPU designs, develop security tools, and guide mitigation integration.

Role type

Senior IC offensive hardware security researcher

Builds

Security architecture for cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs

Domain

Hardware security, chip design, side-channel attacks

Required skills

ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog, low-level C, SoC/ASIC architecture, security code reviews, side-channel analysis, TEE/confidential computing, symbolic execution, fuzzing, JTAG/debugging, reverse engineering, machine learning for side-channel attacks

Preferred skills

Pre-silicon hardware design and testing, hardware security architecture components, GPU/AI accelerator design

Technologies

IDA Pro, Ghidra, ChipWhisperer

Responsibilities

Research vulnerabilities on cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs; Develop and use cutting-edge security tools and techniques; Research and exploit side-channel, fault, and advanced physical attacks; Guide the continuous integration of latest mitigations into security architecture

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC