CareerPlan

Senior System Software Engineer - Security

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$152k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10

Core

Investigate and resolve product vulnerabilities, strengthen Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices, and drive security remediation for NVIDIA Data Center Systems (DGX, HGX, MGX).

Role type

Senior System Software Engineer (Security)

Builds

Secure data center platforms (DGX, HGX, MGX) and security automation tools

Domain

AI Computing / Data Center Systems / Embedded Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Vulnerability investigation and remediation, Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), Static analysis, Fuzzing, Software composition analysis, Python automation, Embedded systems knowledge, Firmware architecture understanding, Risk prioritization, Cross-team coordination

Preferred skills

Secure boot, Root of trust, Attestation, UEFI, SPDM, TCG DICE, AI/Agents expertise, Open-source security contributions

Technologies

Python, UEFI, SPDM, TCG DICE

Responsibilities

Investigate and reproduce vulnerabilities, assess exploitability and impact; Assess third-party vulnerabilities and coordinate dependency updates; Develop or review security fixes and validate mitigations; Build automation for vulnerability triage and tracking; Improve SDL practices through threat modeling and security design reviews; Evangelize SDL practices across engineering teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC