GPU Hardware Security Architect
Santa Clara, CA$232k - $348kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
GPU Hardware Security Architect at AMD to define next-generation GPU security architecture across AI/ML, Compute, and Discrete Gaming products. Focus on protecting register access, firmware interfaces, configuration controls, and sensitive data with threat modeling, security architecture, and cross-functional execution.
Responsibilities
- Investigate and architect next‑generation GPU IP features that enhance protection of register access and sensitive customer data, while enabling forward-looking product capabilities.
- Research and quantify attack vectors through which bad actors can gain access to customer data or GPU configuration, disrupt correct GPU operation, impact performance, or circumvent GPU protections.
- Experienced in the use of AI tools to identify and resolve security issues.
- Ensure AMD's security offerings meet industry standards and anticipate industry trends.
- Work with AMD SoC and other IP teams to track trends and development directions for GPU security.
- Write and deliver architectural specifications to development teams (HW, SW, Firmware, etc).
- Architect new GPU algorithms to improve GPU security without compromising performance.
- Provide technical and cross-functional debug support to execution teams, including Silicon bring-up.
- Perform design and threat analysis of firmware and hardware, to ensure quality and robustness.
- Deliver architecture specifications and/or review proposals from internal/external sources
- Guide execution teams in comprehending and following GPU security guidelines.
- Collaborate with internal AMD teams (Product and System Architects, RTL, PD, SW, Bring-up) to deliver best-in-class security solutions.
Qualifications
- Relevant work experience focused on computer architecture and security, with a strong understanding of the factors influencing register and firmware access protections at chip, system, and product levels.
- Thorough knowledge of RTL design and/or verification.
- Proven track record of providing and following through with pragmatic security requirements
- Expert at tackling multi-variable problems via system-level modeling, testing and characterization, trend analysis/projection, and model verification.
- Computing and Graphics architecture.
- A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth.
- Understands GPU security/power/performance, SW and FW access, and system-level trade-offs
- Graphics Shader behavior is a benefit.
- Knowledge of Machine Learning and AI usage is a benefit.
- Threat modeling tools.
Skills
Required:Threat modelingArchitecture specificationRTL design and/or verification
Nice to have:Security tools and AI usage
Benefits
- Benefits offered are described in AMD benefits at a glance.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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