Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Architect (FPGA Security)

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology FPGA Business Unit is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Security Architect to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance IP integrations into our FPGA products, that meet market & customer requirements across a broad range of use cases & application spaces. 

This position is in the Silicon Architecture team of Microchip’s FPGA Business Unit. Microchip is a major supplier of low-power, highly-reliable and highly-secure field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Our FPGAs are used in a wide variety of use cases & applications, including embedded vision; digital signal processing; machine learning; industrial and medical equipment; satellites; and diverse defense applications. Microchip is also a pioneer in embedding RISC-V processors in FPGAs.

The successful applicant will work as part of a core team to develop future FPGA device products and will collaborate with other engineering disciplines to model, develop, verify, and integrate security components such as hard IP blocks (esp. cryptographic accelerators), hard & soft IP solutions, that interoperate with overall device and system configuration and security features to deliver secure and performant FPGA products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand customer use cases and the role of Security in overall system architecture
• Lead cross-functional teams to analyze customer use cases & architect solutions to deliver high-performance security IP integrations into Microchip FPGA products
• Create product security architecture specification that meets the security goals
• Create procurement requirements for security IP vendors. Evaluate vendor IP and make recommendations for make vs. buy
• Define silicon validation/certification  plans for security features  and work with internal teams & external labs to execute
• Work on ASIC & FPGA IP development, integration, and deployment for Security components including the FPGA’s root-of-trust microcontroller and cryptographic accelerators
• Work closely with FW architects to define HW/FW boundaries of security implementations.
• Work with firmware & hardware design teams to ensure security goals are being met
• Drive the development of associated (non-FPGA) products such as HSM-based provisioning systems and the Microchip public-key infrastructure (PKI)
• Work cross-functionally with other architects, designers, and back-end implementation teams
• Inbound and outbound marketing with both commercial and US government (USG) customers including USG prime and lower-tier contractors
• Interface with USG security agencies (ATEA, NSA, JFAC, DMEA, DoD security labs, FFRDCs, etc.)
• Represent the Microchip FPGA business unit in various technical standards committees
• Ensure compliance to applicable industry and worldwide government security standards and requirements

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Working knowledge in applied cryptography and anti-tamper countermeasures
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art FPGA security features
• Proven experience in ASIC or FPGA IP development, integration, and deployment,
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with other architects, designers, and back-end implementation teams (in hardware, firmware, software)
• BS degree or higher in EE, CS, CE or other applicable disciplines
• 10-15 years of industrial experience
• US citizenship and the ability to obtain a US security clearance is required. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with system-level performance modeling in TLM/SystemC/Other
• Experience in technical leadership and people management will be an advantage
• Existing US security clearance

U.S. Export Controls Requirements: This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Other, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

10% standing, 10% walking, 80% sitting; 100% In-doors; Usual business hours

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $88,000 - $232,000.*

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