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Security Architect - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA· Architect
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Santa Clara, CA$108k - $178.3kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Security Architect role defining and advancing security architecture for NVIDIA SoCs and GPUs. Collaborate with engineering teams to evaluate platform security requirements, support certification efforts, and secure designs across automotive, gaming, and server platforms. Includes hands-on experience with security certification, silicon security, secure boot, hardware root of trust, cryptography, CPU/SoC security design, and AI-assisted tooling to improve security architecture workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Support security certification and compliance efforts for NVIDIA chips and platforms, including FIPS 140-3, EU CRA, ISO 21434, Caliptra trademark audit, and related assurance programs.
  • Assist with certification documentation, implementation tracking, evidence collection, compliance mapping, and coordination with internal teams, external labs, auditors, and certification partners.
  • Help translate security requirements and certification expectations into practical engineering mentorship for hardware, firmware, and software teams.
  • Review architecture, verification, and firewall specifications with guidance from senior architects to help assess whether IPs meet platform security requirements.
  • Contribute to threat modeling by identifying trust boundaries, attack surfaces, assets, assumptions, and potential mitigations.
  • Contribute to security architecture documentation, design review checklists, certification materials, compliance mappings, and internal guidance.
  • Collaborate with security architects, hardware teams, software teams, verification teams, and product teams to help evaluate platform security requirements.
  • Build and improve tools and workflows enhanced by artificial intelligence. These help security architects review specifications, identify security requirements, summarize technical evidence, and scale threat modeling across advanced SoC and GPU programs.
  • Explore practical uses of LLMs and automation to improve security architecture productivity while protecting confidential design information and maintaining engineering rigor.

Qualifications

  • Pursuing or recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong foundation in computer architecture, digital logic, operating systems, embedded systems, or computer security.
  • Coursework, internship, research, project, or equivalent experience in security, computer architecture, hardware design, or cryptography.
  • Programming and debugging fundamentals in one or more of C, C++, Python, Verilog, System Verilog, ARM assembly, RISC V assembly, or scripting languages.
  • Strong analytical, reasoning, collaboration, and problem-solving skills for working across engineering teams.
  • Curiosity and genuine interest in learning security architecture for sophisticated SoCs and GPUs.
  • Interest in learning how AI tools and automation can improve engineering workflows, including documentation, analysis, and security review tasks.

Skills

Required:Security architectureThreat modelingProgramming

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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