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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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The Senior Firmware Security Architect, Networking joins the NVIDIA Networking product security team to improve the security posture of networking products. This role involves partnering with firmware, hardware, and architecture teams to design security architectures that reduce risks and vulnerabilities. Key responsibilities include performing security threat modeling for firmware and embedded subsystems, defining security features for the full device lifecycle, and translating threat models into actionable requirements. You will work on trust boundaries, secure boot, key storage, and anti-rollback flows. Required skills include experience with applied cryptography, RBAC, and firmware security research. You must utilize C for memory-safe coding patterns, static analysis, and fuzzing. The work focuses on hardware/software interfaces, including DMA, PCIe, and roots of trust within networking devices.
SoC Security
Hardware Root of Trust
Cryptography
Secure Boot
Measured Boot
Threat Modeling
C
C++
Python
Verilog
System Verilog
ARM Assembly
RISC V assembly
FIPS 140-3
ISO 21434
ASIC Design
RTL
Embedded Firmware
LLMs
Automation