Senior Switch Silicon Security Architect

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Switch Silicon Security Architect. Location: Israel: Tel Aviv, Raanana, Beer Sheva, or Yokneam

Responsibilities:

• Research, design, and drive implementation of hardware and software security architectures for switch platforms.
• Develop threat models and end-to-end security architectures covering silicon, firmware, high-performance networking protocols, and management stacks.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, research, and product teams to define switch silicon and fabric-level security strategies.
• Define multi-generation security roadmaps for switch silicon, networking protocols, and fabric-level solutions;
• Work directly with customers to understand security requirements and translate them into switch silicon and system architectures.
• Represent NVIDIA in industry standards bodies and collaborate with external partners on emerging security standards and interoperability.

Qualifications:

• B.Sc., M.Sc., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in silicon security, SoC architecture, embedded systems security, or a related field;
• Hands-on experience architecting and implementing hardware roots of trust, secure boot, attestation, secure lifecycle and debug mechanisms, and key provisioning.
• Strong foundation in applied cryptography at scale, including hardware trade-offs, PKI, key and identity management, post-quantum cryptography, and encryption technologies.
• Hands-on experience architecting secure hardware-firmware interfaces for SoCs and embedded devices.
• Deep understanding of high-performance networking protocols and their end-to-end security implications.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to drive initiatives in a fast-paced organization.

Preferred:

• Experience influencing industry security standards or working with cloud customers and external partners on hardware and end-to-end networking security architectures.
• Track record of taking innovative security technologies from research and architecture through implementation and deployment in production silicon.
• Deep expertise in securing high-performance networking protocols and fabrics, including Ethernet, InfiniBand, and NVLink.
• Strong understanding of the switch's role in end-to-end confidential computing and trusted execution environment architectures.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Highly competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on next-generation AI, networking, silicon, and security technologies.
• Diverse and supportive work environment.

Other Information:

• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer.
• The position is part of NVIDIA's Networking AI Platforms Security group.
• The role involves collaboration across architecture, engineering, product, research, customer, and external partner teams.