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# Senior Security Engineer, RTOS and Virtualization

- **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Dynamic Program Analysis, Firmware, Fuzz Testing, Hypervisor, Real-Time Operating Systems, ISO/IEC 15504, Virtualization Technology, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-security-engineer-rtos-and-virtualization-santa-clara-ca-usa-58912930

## About the Role

opportunities fault containment, secure updates, and recovery from malicious inputs * Perform threat modeling and automotive TARA, linking risks, mitigations, requirements, tests, and evidence to security and safety standards * Review low-level C/C++ code, investigate vulnerabilities, build fuzzing and security test infrastructure, and drive fixes into production Tasks * 8+ years of hands-on systems, embedded, platform, product, or automotive security experience * BSEE/ BSCS degree or equivalent experience * Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, firmware, boot, driver, or other privileged software * Strong C/C++ skills with emphasis on memory safety, concurrency, resource ownership, privilege boundaries, and isolation * Familiarity with CPU/SoC security concepts including MMU/SMMU/IOMMU, DMA, interrupts, boot, debug, and hardware-backed isolation * Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitability assessment, fuzzing, static or dynamic analysis, and security aaa
Benefits * Familiarity with automotive cybersecurity and safety/process standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155, ISO 26262 interfaces, or Automotive SPICE Key requirements * equity * benefits * base salary range * career growth opportunities

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role you'll lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization within NVIDIA DRIVE Software, shaping safe and reliable automotive platforms. You'll work with cross-functional teams on CPU/SoC architecture and hardware isolation to enable strong partitioning and secure updates. You'll drive threat modeling, risk-based decisions, and rigorous security verification to deliver resilient, automotive-grade systems. This position offers the opportunity to impact real-time safety-critical software powering autonomous driving at scale. Compensation / Benefits * Lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization across design, implementation, review, and verification * Collaborate on CPU and SoC architecture including privilege levels, memory protection, DMA, interrupts, boot flows, debug controls, and hardware isolation * Build and implement defensive features such as strong partitioning, least-privilege access, secure communication, fault containment, secure updates, and recovery from malicious inputs * Perform threat modeling and automotive TARA, linking risks, mitigations, requirements, tests, and evidence to security and safety standards * Review low-level C/C++ code, investigate vulnerabilities, build fuzzing and security test infrastructure, and drive fixes into production Tasks * 8+ years of hands-on systems, embedded, platform, product, or automotive security experience * BSEE/ BSCS degree or equivalent experience * Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, firmware, boot, driver, or other privileged software * Strong C/C++ skills with emphasis on memory safety, concurrency, resource ownership, privilege boundaries, and isolation * Familiarity with CPU/SoC security concepts including MMU/SMMU/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 and safety/process standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155, ISO 26262 interfaces, or Automotive SPICE Key requirements * equity * benefits * base salary range * career growth opportunities


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