Offensive Hardware Security Researcher

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US Posted 46 days ago $184,000–$287,500 / year
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TL;DR

Join NVIDIA’s cutting-edge Offensive Hardware Security Research team as a senior researcher to tackle diverse security challenges by identifying hardware vulnerabilities and developing innovative tools. You will research and exploit side-channel, fault, and advanced physical attacks on SoC and GPU designs while guiding the integration of new mitigations into security architecture. Ideal candidates have over six years of experience in security-related fields with expertise in ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog, and low-level C programming, alongside a deep understanding of large SoC and ASIC architectures. Proficiency in side-channel analysis, TEEs, microarchitectural attacks, symbolic execution, fuzzing tools, reverse-engineering, and machine learning for security is essential, as is a track record of advancing the field through research publications and tool development.

Skills

ARM RISCV Verilog C side-channel analysis TEE TrustZone Confidential Computing microarchitectural attacks Symbolic Execution fuzzing JTAG debugging binary instrumentation ChipWhisperer IDA Pro Ghidra machine learning pre-silicon hardware design hardware security architecture GPU AI accelerator设计计算机架构

What you'll do

  • Research and identify vulnerabilities on cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs.
  • Develop and utilize advanced security tools and techniques for hardware research.
  • Guide the integration of new security mitigations into existing architectures.
  • Investigate and exploit side-channel, fault, and physical attacks on hardware.
  • Reverse-engineer complex firmware projects to enhance defensive coding practices.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience in a Security related field.
  • BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Expertise in ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog, and low-level C programming.
  • Experience with side-channel analysis, fault attacks, and advanced physical attacks.
  • Proficiency in security code reviews, defensive coding practices, and SDL.
  • Track record of advancing offensive security research through publications and tools.
  • Strong understanding of SoC and ASIC architecture and design.

Market check

Salary context

This $184,000–$287,500 range sits above 92% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,000–$210,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$188,643

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Nvidia

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

Nvidia currently has 802 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 798 roles with salary data.

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