Offensive Hardware Security Researcher

3 Months ago • 6 Years + • Cyber Security • $184,000 PA - $356,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

NVIDIA seeks an Offensive Hardware Security Researcher to investigate vulnerabilities in cutting-edge SoC and GPU designs. Responsibilities include researching and exploiting side-channel, fault, and advanced physical attacks; developing and utilizing security tools and techniques; and integrating security mitigations into the architecture. The role requires expertise in areas such as side-channel analysis, TEE, symbolic execution, and reverse-engineering. The successful candidate will collaborate with experts to achieve complex security goals and contribute to the advancement of the offensive security research field.
Must have:
  • 6+ years security experience
  • ARM/RISCV assembly, Verilog, low-level C
  • SoC/ASIC architecture understanding
  • Security code reviews, defensive coding
  • Side-channel analysis expertise
  • Collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Pre-silicon hardware design/testing
  • Hardware security architecture knowledge
  • GPU/AI accelerator design
  • Symbolic execution/fuzzing
  • Machine learning for side-channel attacks
  • JTAG, debugging, binary instrumentation
Perks:
  • Competitive salary
  • Generous benefits package
  • Equity

Job 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!

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

Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as “the AI computing company”. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 356,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. 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.

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Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

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