Google

Staff Security Engineer, Silicon Software

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4 hours ago
Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$207k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Conduct offensive security assessments, vulnerability research, and penetration testing across Tensor SoC firmware and software stacks.
  • Perform architecture and implementation-level threat modeling, design reviews, and security audits.
  • Develop automated testing tools, fuzzers, and exploits to identify and validate hardware and software vulnerabilities.
  • Partner with hardware, software, and product teams to design mitigation strategies and drive security best practices.
  • Apply system-level software and hardware security knowledge to propose hardware and software mitigations and improve attack resistance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience with offensive security engineering, including penetration testing, threat modeling, vulnerability testing, or code-level security auditing.
  • 8 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages, such as C, C++, Python, or Rust.
  • 3 years of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.
  • Experience with embedded software, device drivers, kernels, or firmware.
  • Preferred: master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: experience with reverse engineering, static analysis, dynamic analysis including fuzzing, exploit development, security reviews, penetration testing, and vulnerability analysis.
  • Preferred: experience with commercial electronic devices, preferably smartphones.
  • Preferred: knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security, authentication, security protocols, and applied cryptography.

Benefits

  • US base salary of $207000-$300000, plus a 20% bonus target, equity, and benefits.
  • The role focuses on Tensor SoC and Pixel smartphone security within Google's Silicon team.
  • Benefits information is available through Google.

Tech Stack

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About Google

10,000+ employees

Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

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