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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
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The Security Architect - New College Grad 2026 joins the team defining security architecture for pioneering SoCs and GPUs. This role involves evaluating platform security requirements, supporting security certification efforts, and providing secure designs across automotive, gaming, and server platforms. Key responsibilities include assisting with FIPS 140-3, EU CRA, and ISO 21434 compliance, performing threat modeling, and reviewing architecture specifications. The candidate will build AI-assisted tools for design review, specification analysis, and threat modeling workflows. Required technical skills include computer architecture, digital logic, and programming in C, C++, Python, Verilog, System Verilog, ARM assembly, or RISC V assembly. The work focuses on silicon security, secure boot, measured boot, hardware root of trust, cryptography, and CPU security architecture to solve complex security problems in advanced hardware.
Support security certification and compliance efforts for chips and platforms including FIPS 140-3 and ISO 21434.
Translate security requirements and certification expectations into practical engineering guidance for hardware, firmware, and software teams.
Review architecture, verification, and firewall specifications to ensure IPs meet platform security requirements.
Identify trust boundaries, attack surfaces, and potential mitigations to contribute to threat modeling.
Author security architecture documentation, design review checklists, and compliance mappings.
Build and improve AI-assisted tools to automate specification analysis, threat modeling, and evidence tracking.
Explore practical uses of LLMs and automation to improve security architecture productivity and engineering workflows.
What we're looking for
Pursue or recently complete a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Possess a strong foundation in computer architecture, digital logic, operating systems, embedded systems, or computer security.
Have coursework, internship, research, project, or equivalent experience in security, computer architecture, hardware design, or cryptography.
Possess programming and debugging fundamentals in C, C++, Python, Verilog, System Verilog, ARM assembly, RISC V assembly, or scripting languages.
Demonstrate strong analytical, reasoning, collaboration, and problem-solving skills for working across engineering teams.
Exposure to SoC security or platform security concepts such as secure boot, measured boot, hardware root of trust, key management, debug security, isolation, or memory protection (preferred).
Understanding of cryptographic algorithms, standards, implementations, and secure protocol usage (preferred).
Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability research, CTFs, secure design review, or security testing (preferred).
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