Senior Firmware Security Architect, Networking
Core
Architecting and hardening security for NVIDIA networking firmware, covering trust boundaries, secure boot, and device identity.
Role type
Senior IC firmware security architect
Builds
Secure networking devices and firmware updates for millions of global users
Domain
Networking hardware and embedded firmware security
Required skills
firmware security architecture, threat modeling, applied cryptography, secure development practices, hardware/software interface analysis, policy modeling (RBAC), static analysis, fuzzing
Preferred skills
M.Sc./PhD in CS/EE, hardware roots of trust (MPU/MMU, secure enclaves), networking software (drivers, control plane), high-scale data center security
Technologies
C, static analysis tools, fuzzing frameworks, secure boot frameworks, PCIe management interfaces
Responsibilities
Define security architecture for firmware trust boundaries and privilege separation; Perform threat modeling on firmware and embedded subsystems; Analyze firmware/hardware interactions to identify security weaknesses; Define security features spanning the full device lifecycle; Translate threat models into actionable security requirements; Drive secure development practices including memory-safe coding and interface fuzzing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
