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# Senior Security Engineer, RTOS and Virtualization

- **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,000 - $287,500
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Dynamic Program Analysis, Firmware, Fuzz Testing, Machine Learning, Real-Time Operating Systems, ISO/IEC 15504, Supercomputing, Virtualization Technology, Computer Network Operations, Apache Spark, Deep Learning, Formal Methods, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-security-engineer-rtos-and-virtualization-santa-clara-ca--49a55051-ea33-439b-9ada-6f23b7a45cbd

## About the Role

Realtime Operating System, Virtualization, Deep Learning, High Tech Industry, Computer Architecture, Autonomous Driving Systems, Startup, Network Operations Center, Supercomputing, Machine Learning, * 8+ years of hands-on experience in systems, embedded, platform, product, or automotive security.

 * BSEE/ BSCS degree or equivalent experience
 * Experience securing RTOS, hypervisor, kernel, firmware, boot, driver, or other privileged software.
 * Strong C/C++ skills, with focus on memory safety, concurrency, resource ownership, privilege boundaries, and isolation.
 * Familiarity with CPU and SoC security concepts including MMU/SMMU or 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, safety, or process standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155, ISO 26262 interfaces, or Automotive SPICE.

## Description

* Lead security engineering for RTOS, hypervisor, and embedded virtualization technologies 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, and connect 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., * Drove adoption of Rust, Ada/SPARK, formal methods, or other memory-safe and analyzable systems approaches.
 * Built capability-based or ownership-based security models for low-level systems.
 * Built security automation, fuzzing infrastructure, review agents, or AI-assisted tools used by engineering teams.