Arm · 2 days ago
Principal Engineer - SoC Offensive Security
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$241K/yr - $326K/yrArm is seeking a highly skilled SoC Security Principal Engineer to drive offensive security analysis across its next-generation solutions. This role involves assessing architectural specifications, probing platforms, conducting firmware analysis, and influencing the security robustness of Arm’s silicon initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Perform adversarial, exploratory security analysis of SoC and chiplet architectures, focusing on identifying unknown or emergent vulnerabilities (pre silicon and post silicon)
Identify and engage at the most impactful points of the development lifecycle, to review micro architecture specifications, architectural/security assumptions, and RTL implementations
Conduct design reviews, discussion workshops, and focused hackathons to come up with new threat scenarios, perform adversarial testing, and improve security models
Demonstrate practical security impact of vulnerabilities, e.g., by writing Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs)
Investigate multi-stage and cross component attack chains beyond what is captured in threat models or standard verification flows
Lead collaborations with internal teams to speed up adversarial analysis and mitigation identification
Provide guidance to improve future threat modeling, mitigation design, and security architecture
Shape strategies and methodologies for systematic offensive security and scaling their application across Arm programs
Qualification
Required
Strong knowledge of computer architecture (preferably Arm), micro architectural attack surfaces, and SoC integration security challenges
Demonstrated experience conducting adversarial security research (PoCs, exploits, CTFs, published work)
Practical experience with RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) or other pre silicon verification environments from a security perspective
Hands-on lab experience setting up development and testing platforms, delivering security evaluations, and validating findings in practical environments
Firmware security analysis experience on projects like UEFI, uBoot, Trusted Firmware or similar
Experience with security focused specifications and standards such as Caliptra, DICE, or related attestation and hardware root-of trust standards
Strong, determined problem solving outlook with creative security mentality
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence design teams and clearly articulate risk and recommendations
Ability to independently lead complex investigations across multiple concurrent projects
Preferred
Experience with hardware fuzzing and software exploitation techniques
Familiarity with bus/interconnect protocols (AMBA, CXL, PCIe, etc.)
Reverse engineering skills for hardware, firmware, or microarchitecture
Contributions to open standards bodies or participation in security-focused special interest groups (e.g., industry working groups, architecture forums)
Company
Arm
Arm’s foundational technology is defining the future of computing. A future built by the greatest technology ecosystem in the world.
Founded in 1990
5001-10000 employees
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