NVIDIA is seeking an Offensive Security Researcher to join its Offensive Security Research team. The role focuses on attacking production GPU firmware, microcode, and kernel drivers to identify vulnerabilities before adversaries do. The researcher will also design mitigations to enhance security and robustness across NVIDIA's products. This position requires deep expertise in low-level system software and a proactive approach to security research.

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant software engineering or security research experience.
• Demonstrated experience in an offensive security role.
• Excellent C and assembly skills and hands-on low-level driver or firmware experience.
• Vulnerability research experience including fuzzing, static and dynamic analysis, and exploit development.
• Experience with secure development lifecycle practices such as threat modeling and code audit.
• Experience applying AI and LLM-based tooling to vulnerability discovery, triage, or analysis.

• Be responsible for the end-to-end security story for specific subcomponents.
• Design, prototype, and drive production adoption of new mitigation and hardening technologies.
• Build and evangelize tools, practices, and processes that raise product robustness across the company.
• Perform offensive security research across GPU and platform firmware, microcode, kernel drivers, and embedded software.
• Identify vulnerabilities, build proof-of-concept exploits, and partner with development teams to remediate them.
• Perform threat analysis and security reviews of software and hardware designs.

• Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.