Senior Manager, System Software Security
NVIDIA
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Santa Clara • California • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $272,000 - $431,250 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of security software engineers focused on platform security architecture and DRIVE OS security enablement
- Own the end-to-end security architecture roadmap across multiple Tegra SoC generations, defining security plan-of-record for new chip programs in close collaboration with hardware architecture, firmware, and OS teams
- Drive security feature planning, design reviews, and execution across Trusted OS, Secure Boot, measured boot, DRM, HDCP, SMMU, and SELinux
- Lead security postmortems, threat modeling sessions, and architecture reviews for new platforms
- Drive post-quantum cryptography readiness strategy including ML-DSA, EdDSA, and RSA deprecation roadmap
- Ensure compliance with automotive security standards including ISO 21434, UNECE regulation, and ASIL requirements
- Represent the security team in executive reviews, customer engagements, and external partner collaborations
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10+ overall years in system software, security engineering, or firmware development; 5+ years in engineering management (not a first-time manager)
- Deep expertise in TEE (OP-TEE / TrustZone), secure boot, measured boot, RiscV firmware, HSM, or SoC security architecture, including ARM TrustZone privilege models and hardware-rooted security primitives
- Proven ability to define and drive security architecture across multi-generational SoC programs
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills — ability to align hardware, firmware, OS, and customer teams around a coherent security strategy
- Strong track record of mentoring, developing, and recruiting engineers; experience conducting performance reviews, setting goals, and delivering constructive feedback
- Proficiency in C and C++; ability to read and review code at a meaningful technical depth
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to manage multiple priorities across concurrent programs and build consensus across teams with competing priorities
- Experience with product security practices including threat modeling, threat analysis, security risk classification, and driving remediation across engineering teams
- Understanding of AI/ML and LLM security risks — including model integrity, secure inference pipelines, adversarial robustness, and prompt injection considerations for safety-critical environments
Benefits
- equity
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Hard Skills & Tools
CC++TEEOP-TEETrustZonesecure bootmeasured bootRiscV firmwareHSMSoC security architecture
Soft Skills
mentoringcross-functional collaborationcommunicationperformance reviewsgoal settingconstructive feedbackmanaging multiple prioritiesbuilding consensus