FPGA/SoC Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer

AMD
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecurityEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Cross-functional collaboration","Multitasking","Investigating and resolving issues"]

Design, develop, and deliver security solutions for next-generation FPGA, SoC, and embedded x86 products, covering the full product lifecycle. Define security requirements and architectures, including secure boot, cryptographic services, root-of-trust, and access control. Collaborate across engineering, program management, and validation to integrate security into architecture, design, testing, and release. Perform SDL activities like threat modeling, code reviews, penetration testing, and red teaming, and resolve critical security escalations.

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FPGA/SoC Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, develop, and deliver security solutions for next-generation FPGA, SoC, and embedded x86 products, covering the full product lifecycle. Define security requirements and architectures, including secure boot, cryptographic services, root-of-trust, and access control. Collaborate across engineering, program management, and validation to integrate security into architecture, design, testing, and release. Perform SDL activities like threat modeling, code reviews, penetration testing, and red teaming, and resolve critical security escalations.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support the design, development, and delivery of security solutions for next-generation FPGA, SoC, and embedded x86 products across the product lifecycle.
  • •Define and drive security requirements, architectures, and implementations, including secure boot, cryptographic services, root-of-trust technologies, and access control mechanisms.
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, program management, and validation teams to integrate security into architecture, design, testing, and product release processes.
  • •Support Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) activities such as threat modeling, code reviews, penetration testing, red teaming, and security feature validation.
  • •Investigate and resolve complex security challenges, including critical customer escalations, and contribute to scalable security architectures for emerging threats.

Key Requirements

  • •Understand cybersecurity principles and apply them to hardware and software security for FPGA/SoC and embedded x86 products.
  • •Hands-on experience with FPGA/SoC development, validation, simulation/verification (UVM), hardware debugging, and lab testing.
  • •Proficiency in security concepts such as threat modeling, cryptography, secure boot, TEE, TrustZone, access control, and hardware root-of-trust technologies (including PUFs).
  • •Apply Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) activities such as code reviews, penetration testing, red teaming, and security feature validation.
  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
Experience:Embedded systemsHardware securityAerospace & defenseAutomotiveDatacenterTest & measurement
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCross-functional collaborationMultitaskingInvestigating and resolving issues
Tech Stack:FPGASoCEmbedded x86ARMSecure bootCryptographic servicesRoot-of-trustAccess controlTEETrustZonePUFsUVMVerilogVHDLPythonCRTOSEmbedded LinuxHypervisorsThreat modeling

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

AMD
Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1969
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