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Senior Silicon Security Engineer

Google · Sunnyvale, CA, USA

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Pay
$174,000 – $252,000 a year
Level
Senior
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Nov 2, 2026
Last confirmed open
Nov 4, 2026

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About this role

Minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
  • 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
  • Experience with EDA tools and typical ASIC design and verification flows.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience with hardware, firmware, systems programming.
  • Experience with hardware system architecture.
  • Experience with risk assessment, threat models.

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information.

Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

  • Work within a partnership across several companies with a dedicated focus on security silicon.
  • Develop security architecture, silicon design and verification for open source silicon projects Caliptra and OpenTitan roots of trust.
  • Oversee silicon design verification and EDA tool workflow maintenance in a code hosting platform open source context.
  • Drive external silicon design verification work through vendors.
  • Assess vulnerabilities in silicon root of trust designs.
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