Offensive Hardware Security Researcher

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

$180,000-339,200 per year

SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

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Security @ 4 Machine Learning @ 4 Hiring @ 4 Debugging @ 4

Details

We are now looking for an Offensive Hardware Security Researcher! NVIDIA is seeking an outstanding Offensive Hardware Security Researcher to work on a wide variety of security research challenges. Do you excel at thinking like an attacker, identifying hardware weaknesses, creating tools and automation for hardware vulnerability research? Join our team to hack the future, fortify the silicon frontier, and shape the destiny of groundbreaking chip technology!

Responsibilities

  • Research vulnerabilities on cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs
  • Develop and use cutting-edge security tools and techniques
  • Guide the continuous integration of latest mitigations into our security architecture
  • Research and exploit side-channel, fault, and advanced physical attacks

Requirements

  • BS/BA degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years of work experience in a Security related field
  • Experience with ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog and low-level C programming
  • Understanding of large SoC and ASIC architecture and design
  • Experience with security code reviews of complex firmware projects and defensive coding best practices (SDL, threat modeling)
  • Ability to work collaboratively and remotely with multiple experts to accomplish complex goals
  • Expertise in two or more of the following fields:
    • Expertise in side-channel analysis and mitigation for cryptographic primitives
    • TEE (TrustZone, SE), Confidential Computing, and/or microarchitectural attacks
    • Proficiency with Symbolic Execution and/or fuzzing tools
    • JTAG, debugging, binary instrumentation frameworks, ChipWhisperer
    • Reverse-engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra)
    • Practical experience in utilizing machine learning techniques for performing side-channel attacks
  • Track record of advancing offensive security research field through vulnerability discoveries, research publications, and/or developing security tools

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • Generous benefits package
  • Eligible for equity
  • NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.