Security Architect, Physical AI SoC at Velaura
Santa Clara, CA
$200,000–$500,000
Jul 26, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Security Architect role at an early-stage semiconductor startup focused on Physical AI chips. The position owns end-to-end hardware security architecture for custom SoCs—spanning root of trust, secure boot, key management, TEEs, cryptographic acceleration, and AI workload protection—from initial architecture through tape-out and production. It suits a senior hardware security specialist with deep SoC and embedded platform experience who can also lead threat modeling and drive security standards across cross-functional teams.
Senior level · 10+ years · Master's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The SOC classification is a judgment call: this role is primarily a security architecture and threat-modeling function (pointing to 15-1212), but the deep RTL/silicon design interface work and SoC architecture ownership also have characteristics of a specialized computer hardware/systems engineering occupation (15-1299 is the closest available runner-up, as no hardware-engineer SOC is in the allowed list).
Degree requirement: the posting states 'Master's degree … or equivalent practical experience.' Because an explicit degree is named first and the 'equivalent experience' escape is present, this is treated as a soft gate — however, the posting's Required Qualifications section lists it alongside hard requirements, so it is flagged as Masters. Hiring managers should note the 'or equivalent' language.
Several required skills (e.g., 'side-channel attack countermeasures', 'fault injection countermeasures', 'SoC security architecture') describe security domains rather than a single named tool; they are included because the posting explicitly gates on them in the Required Qualifications section.
Preferred qualifications include PSA Certified, which is a certification program rather than a technology skill and is omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule; the underlying standards (Common Criteria, FIPS 140-3) are captured instead.
Ignored 5 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): hardware root of trust, key management, side-channel attack countermeasures, SoC security architecture, hardware supply-chain security.
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