Senior Security Engineer, RTOS and Virtualization

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: Santa Clara, CAAustin, TXHillsboro, ORRedmond, WA
Salary: $184,000–$287,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 28 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 · Senior Security Engineer, RTOS and Virtualization

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The Senior Security Engineer, RTOS and Virtualization joins the Hypervisor and RTOS Team to manage system resource sharing and separation for autonomous vehicles. This role leads security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization technologies across design, implementation, review, and verification. You will collaborate on CPU and SoC architecture, focusing on privilege levels, memory protection, DMA, interrupts, boot flows, and hardware isolation. Key responsibilities include building defensive features like strong partitioning, least-privilege access, and secure updates, while performing threat modeling and automotive TARA. You will use C/C++ to review low-level code, investigate vulnerabilities, and build fuzzing infrastructure. Required expertise includes securing kernels, firmware, and drivers while navigating automotive standards like ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155, and ISO 26262.

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Skills

C/C++ RTOS Hypervisor Rust Ada/SPARK ISO/SAE 21434 ISO 26262 UN R155 Automotive SPICE Threat Modeling Fuzzing Dynamic Analysis MMU IOMMU DMA Kernel Firmware Boot Flows TARA

What you'll do

Lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization technologies across design, implementation, review, and verification.
Collaborate on CPU and SoC architecture including privilege levels, memory protection, DMA, interrupts, and hardware isolation.
Implement defensive features such as strong partitioning, least-privilege access, secure communication, and fault containment.
Perform threat modeling and automotive TARA to connect risks and mitigations to security and safety standards.
Review low-level C/C++ code to investigate vulnerabilities and drive security fixes into production.
Build and maintain fuzzing and security test infrastructure for low-level systems.
Ensure system compliance with automotive cybersecurity and safety standards like ISO/SAE 21434 and ISO 26262.

What we're looking for

8+ years of hands-on experience in systems, embedded, platform, product, or automotive security.
BSEE/BSCS degree or equivalent experience.
Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, firmware, boot, driver, or other privileged software.
Strong C/C++ skills with a focus on memory safety, concurrency, resource ownership, privilege boundaries, and isolation.
Familiarity with CPU and SoC security concepts including MMU/SMMU or IOMMU, DMA, interrupts, boot, debug, and hardware-backed isolation.
Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitability assessment, fuzzing, static or dynamic analysis, and security remediation.
Familiarity with automotive cybersecurity, safety, or process standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155, ISO 26262 interfaces, or Automotive SPICE.
Experience with Rust, Ada/SPARK, formal methods, or building security automation and fuzzing infrastructure (preferred).

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