Senior Security Software Engineer at NVIDIA Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
$152,000–$287,500from the description
Aug 9, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a hands-on security engineering role at NVIDIA focused on building and implementing security software for Tegra SoC platforms used in AI, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. The engineer will conduct security assessments and code reviews, participate in silicon bring-up and test validation, and help shape NVIDIA's broader security strategy. It suits an experienced security software engineer with deep knowledge of cryptography, CPU/system architecture, and secure coding practices.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $179,993 (middle half $128,832–$221,179). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is genuinely hybrid between security analysis/assessment (15-1212) and security software development (15-1252); the title says 'Software Engineer' and the primary deliverable is building security software, but the JD also emphasizes security assessments, code reviews, and compliance — hence Medium confidence and the alt SOC.
The salary range spans two internal levels (Level 3: $152,000–$241,500; Level 4: $184,000–$287,500). The figures reported here reflect the full combined range across both levels.
A Bachelor's degree is listed in the requirements section but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no minimum degree is flagged as a hard gate.
'Security protocols and processes' and 'system architecture' appear in the required section but name no specific tool or technology, so they are not emitted as discrete skills per extraction rules.
GPU/SoC experience, Secure Boot, Root of Trust, Security Enclave, and Confidential Compute all appear under 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' — the posting's preferred/nice-to-have section.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): security software engineering, CPU architecture.
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