CareerPlan

Senior Security Research Architect, Confidential Computing

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k–$357k2026-10-29 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define, craft, implement, and guide Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) architecture for NIC and DPUs to enable Confidential Computing.

Role type

Senior Security Research Architect (Confidential Computing)

Builds

Next-generation secure platforms (NICs and DPUs) with hardware security methods.

Domain

Hardware security, Confidential Computing, Networking protocols.

Required skills

Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) architecture, hardware security methods, security primitives, threat modeling, isolation architecture profiling, Trusted Computing attestation, Verilog, Python/Perl scripting, ARM assembly, C/C++.

Preferred skills

Experience with AMD SEV, Intel TDX, Intel SGX, MCTP programming interfaces, overlay mesh networks.

Responsibilities

Research and design architecture solutions meeting security standards; Apply innovative security primitives to enable secure platforms; Collaborate across teams to guide Confidential Computing direction; Perform architectural modeling, validation, and microarchitectural definition; Work with customers/partners to address security threats; Extend Networking protocol CJDNS with distributed key management.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC