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Nvidia Offensive Hardware Security Researcher 
United States, California 
638076498

31.07.2024

What you will be doing:

  • 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

What we need to see:

  • 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 of 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

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Understanding of pre-silicon hardware design and testing

  • Knowledge of key hardware security architecture components, and their implementation in complex SoC designs

  • Strong background in computer architecture, especially GPU or AI accelerator design

You will also be eligible for equity and .