Role: Senior Embedded Security Engineer
Experience Level:Staff (8 - 14 Years)
Must have skills - SOC Security and Embedded C
This role owns system-level security execution for Qualcomm's Smart Audio & Wearable SoCs, spanning:
- HW security + low-level firmware + OS/kernel-level software
- Strong involvement from early product planning → silicon bring-up → production
It's a hands-on technical security role, not GRC / policy.
Core Responsibilities (What the person will actually do)
- Design & implement embedded security software on SoCs
- Work close to hardware, firmware, RTOS, Linux, and proprietary OS layers
- Define SoC security architecture with Product Management & OEMs
- Drive security requirements across HW + SW teams
- Debug low-level, hard-to-reproduce security issues
- Own device security lifecycle: boot → provisioning → runtime → debug control