Security Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security

Build safer devices and services at the chip level in a role that strengthens the security of Amazon digital products through rigorous testing, secure architecture design, and targeted reviews across secure boot code, bootloader code, and firmware. This position is based in Sunnyvale, CA (onsite), supporting teams that translate low-level security findings into practical mitigations.

What you’ll do

• Support the secure development of Amazon devices end to end, including security design, threat modeling, code reviews, security testing, and fuzzing
• Propose, research, and develop tools and techniques that improve device security posture at scale
• Provide technical security expertise and consultation to device product teams
• Identify security risks and partner with product engineers to implement mitigations
• Develop new security policies and procedures
• Help elevate team-wide security capability by promoting awareness and creating training materials
• Participate in projects that help create new intellectual property

What you bring

• 3+ years of any combination of: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Knowledge of hardware security mechanisms, including secure boot and trusted execution environments
• Knowledge of operating system internals, with emphasis on Linux and common RTOS environments
• Semiconductor reverse engineering

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
• Experience using scripting languages such as Python, Perl, and Linux bash
• Experience with hardware, system, and network security, including applying cryptography in these areas
• Strong code review and exploit development
• Hands-on experience with fault injection and side channel attack and mitigation

Tools you’ll use

• Python
• Perl
• Linux bash

Compensation and benefits

Base pay: USD 159,300 - 202,400 per year.

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, plus option for Supplemental life plans)
• EAP, Mental Health Support, and Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Option for supplemental life plans