GPU SW Security PSIRT Lead

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CADurham, NC
Salary: $224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · GPU SW Security PSIRT Lead

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As the GPU SW Security PSIRT Lead, you will join the GPU Software team to anchor PSIRT and security responses for a large, diverse software organization. You will serve as the central point of contact for engineering teams, managing program leadership by communicating risks, advocating for priorities, and reporting metrics to leadership. Your daily responsibilities include triaging and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on severity and impact, drafting CVSS, CVE, and CWE details, and leading urgent zero-day responses. You will perform technical investigations to reproduce vulnerabilities and determine root causes while coordinating remediation across various teams. To succeed, you must possess strong C programming skills, experience with embedded systems or device drivers, and knowledge of system architecture fundamentals like caches and memory controllers. You will also develop risk dashboards and automate triage processes using LLMs.

Skills

C Embedded Systems Device Drivers Kernel GDB GCC RTOS CVSS CVE CWE Vulnerability Management PSIRT System Architecture Debugging Offensive Security

What you'll do

Serve as the central point of contact for GPU software engineering teams regarding PSIRT and security responses.
Assess report validity and severity while drafting CVSS, CVE, and CWE details.
Prioritize cases based on technical severity, media attention, and business impact.
Reproduce vulnerabilities, determine root causes, and recommend fixes for identified issues.
Lead urgent zero-day responses and coordinate remediation efforts with relevant engineering owners.
Develop risk dashboards and automate triage, routing, and scoring using LLMs.
Train engineers on PSIRT processes and vulnerability response protocols.

What we're looking for

BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
12+ years of experience in vulnerability management or PSIRT within complex organizations.
Ability to communicate security issues and practical consequences to diverse engineering and management levels.
Strong C programming skills with hands-on experience in embedded systems or device drivers.
Proven track record of debugging crashes, reproducing vulnerabilities, and identifying root causes.
Familiarity with system architecture fundamentals including caches, buses, memory controllers, and DMA.
Experience as a PSIRT lead in a large organization with complex communication requirements (preferred).
Offensive security, kernel/driver/firmware debugging, agentic workflows, or toolchain knowledge (GCC, GDB) (preferred).

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