Sr. Security Architect
Core
Define and lead security architecture for Client and Data Center SoCs, leveraging AI-driven tools to build specifications, code, tests, and analyze vulnerabilities at scale across firmware and low-level hardware/software.
Role type
Senior IC Security Architect (Firmware/SoC)
Builds
Secure SoC platforms, firmware, and hardware-software chains of trust for Client and Data Center products.
Domain
Semiconductor, Firmware Security, AI-driven Security Analysis
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
SOC/Platform security architecture, AI-based security analysis tools, firmware security, system-level programming (C/C++, Rust), security automation (Python), threat modeling, cross-layer attack path analysis
Preferred skills
SoC/IP/platform architecture specification, confidential computing, virtualization-based security, scaling AI-driven security discovery
Technologies
AI-based static/semantic code analysis, automated vulnerability discovery, C/C++, Rust, Python
Responsibilities
Lead SOC security architecture definition including Boot ROMs, secure boot flows, and hardware-firmware-OS chains of trust; Identify firmware and low-level vulnerabilities at scale using AI tools; Analyze large codebases to uncover cross-layer attack paths and edge cases; Define firmware security architecture specifications informed by AI-driven discovery; Partner with SoC architects and silicon designers to translate risks into mitigations; Mentor senior engineers on AI-enabled security practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
