Senior Offensive Security Engineer, Automotive

NVIDIA Ltd.
Santa Clara, CA, United States
24 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$184,000.0 - $356,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence ARM Architecture Build Automation C++ (Programming Language) Computer Programming Linux Dynamic Program Analysis Embedded Software Firmware Hypervisor Python (Programming Language) Reduced Instruction Set Computing
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Security Software Software Organization Multi-Agent Systems Apache Spark Information Technology Code Inspection Formal Methods

Job description

You’ll discover and evaluate vulnerabilities on both source code and binaries, focusing on low-level technologies such as OS kernels, Hypervisor, boot ROMs, firmware, and hardware. More than just bug finding, you’ll develop and build automation to scale your work. This includes security pipelines, fuzzing infrastructure, AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, tools for automated code inspection, and code conversion. You’ll work closely with security researchers and engineers, owning tool development - from prototype to production - for use across the software organization

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands on programming experience, particularly with C/C++. Python and memory safe language (e.g. Rust, Ada/SPARK) proficiency a plus.
  • B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Strong low-level systems security background: OS internals, kernels, hypervisors, firmware, or hardware; applying an analytical approach dissecting the functionality of intricate software and identifying security flaws.
  • Experience with embedded software engineering. Deep understanding of foundational computer science concepts and security principles.
  • Experience building automated security tooling: fuzzers, sanitizers, static/dynamic analysis at the source and binary level.
  • Knowledge of current operating system architectures and security frameworks, with a particular focus on Linux.
  • Proven understanding of x86 and ARM architecture.
  • Hands-on experience developing and building agentic AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, tool-use pipelines, and applying them to automate security or engineering workflows.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Involvement in CTF competitions, bug bounty contributions, published security research, or personal software projects.
  • Extensive experience with formal methods or memory-safe languages (e.g. Ada/SPARK, Rust, TLA+, Lean) for hardening low-level code and architecture.
  • RISC-V knowledge is a strong plus.

Benefits & conditions

4.24.2 out of 5 stars 2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051 $184,000 - $356,500 a year - Full-time, Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

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