JobsSecurity Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security
Security Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security
AmazonSecurity Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security
AmazonLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
7/21/2026
Compensation
$159,300 - $202,400 per year
Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
Approval 98.6%·Filings 19,451·New hires 10,113·
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·FY 2025Job description
This role involves identifying security issues in chips and low-level software for Amazon's digital products. The Security team focuses on ensuring secure hardware architecture for devices like Fire TV, Eero, and Alexa. The position emphasizes collaboration with product teams to enhance security practices and develop new policies. Candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to innovative security solutions and promote awareness within the organization.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or 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, particularly Linux and common RTOS environments.
- Experience with semiconductor reverse engineering.
- Master's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- Experience using scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Linux bash.
- Experience with hardware, system, and network security, including cryptography.
- Strong skills in code review and exploit development.
- Hands-on experience with fault injection and side channel attack mitigation.
Responsibilities
- Guide the secure development of devices at Amazon through security design, threat modeling, code reviews, and security testing.
- Propose, research, and develop tools and techniques to enhance the security posture of devices at scale.
- Provide technical security expertise and consultation to device product teams.
- Identify security risks and collaborate with product engineers to create effective mitigations.
- Develop new security policies and procedures to improve overall security.
- Empower others by promoting security awareness and developing training materials.
- Participate in projects aimed at developing new intellectual property.
Benefits
- Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.
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