Sr Staff Engineer - Automotive Cybersecurity

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

We are seeking engineers with experience in system and SoC level automotive cybersecurity concepts and implementations and knowledge of the ISO21434 cyber security standards and process. This position will be a hands-on role in defining and contributing to the architecture for the current cyber security hardware development to meet ISO 21434 standards working with various stakeholders in the Systems/Security Architecture/IP & SoC design teams.

Responsibilities shall include the following:

Overall responsibility of automotive cybersecurity architecture of the Automotive SoCs.

Work with Product Marketing, system/SW security architects and IP security architects to deliver the security architecture of the SoC which addresses the security use case at the System level.

Overall responsibility of product auto cybersecurity technical concept, hardware security requirements, cybersecurity architecture specification, review of security requirements for applicable subsystems

Perform TARA (Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment)

Review and approve TARA at subsystem/IP level

Review implementation and verification of cybersecurity vulnerability analysis for applicable subsystems

Coordinate technical issues related to cybersecurity with all applicable subsystems, all SoC domains.

Work with functional safety architect and ensure there are no conflicting requirements between safety and security.

Work closely with SoC and IP design teams, 3rd party IP vendors to review the design implementations and ensure meeting the architecture goals.

Maintain a strong knowledge of Automotive cybersecurity best practices. Influence internal stakeholders with actionable data to ensure gaps to expectations are closed in a timely fashion.

Establish and maintain healthy relationships with influential/decision making on cyber security throughout the organization.

Work in a highly matrixed environment. This role frequently requires working with others to fulfill job responsibilities without direct authority.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

8+ years in roles on Systems Engineering / SoC Architecture / Security IP Architecture and design.

Minimum 5+ years experience in architecture and design of Security IP/Cores or system level Security Architecture.

Has knowledge of cyber security-based product development flow and validation. Experience with ISO 21434 Cyber security standards.

Has led Cybersecurity implementation in SOC/Cores/IP.

Hands-on experience with automotive Cybersecurity ISO 21434 standard spec and implementation.

Structured problem-solving capability and ability to work with teams on root cause analyses.

Excellent verbal/written communication, interpersonal skills, and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years Automotive cybersecurity experience and familiarity with Security work products

Familiarity with ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety standards is a plus

Relevant Cybersecurity Certification is desired

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