Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Western Digital - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Irvine, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

Western Digital is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to join the Security team, where you will collaborate closely with Security Engineers and Architects to produce high-quality security hardware. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing the hardware threat surfaces and vectors for the Security Enclave and System on Chips (SOCs). Your primary task will be to define and implement mitigation plans for identified threats, as well as participate in the definition of Hardware Security Policies for embedded devices related to data storage. You will evaluate emerging security hardware technologies and incorporate them into the product roadmap. As a Senior Hardware Design Engineer, you will architect, design, and prototype a product-agnostic platform with a Secure Enclave capable of enabling next-generation security solutions. This will involve a strong emphasis on the Security Processor and scalable secure interfaces. You will also be responsible for implementing the latest security functionalities, including Cryptographic Algorithms, Entropy Generation, Secret Management, Access Control Management, and Integrity and Authenticity enforcement. Your role will include participating in code, verification plan, and validation plan reviews of RTL, ROM, and Firmware. You will define a framework for the hardware development process to detect and prevent potential security issues during early development. Additionally, you will architect and design a hardware vulnerability test bed for side-channel attacks. You will represent security in cross-functional hardware architecture, design, and review meetings, providing guidance to platform hardware engineers for the seamless integration of the Secure Enclave. You will also engage in research group discussions related to security advances in academia and will be responsible for researching secure and performant implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms using advanced modeling frameworks. Mentoring engineers in Secure Enclave RTL development, verification, and integration will also be a key part of your responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze hardware threat surfaces and vectors for the Security Enclave and SOCs.
• Define and implement mitigation plans for identified threats.
• Participate in Hardware Security Policy definition for embedded devices related to data storage.
• Evaluate emerging security hardware technologies and include them in the roadmap.
• Architect, design, and prototype a product-agnostic platform with Secure Enclave capabilities.
• Implement the latest security functionalities such as Cryptographic Algorithms and Entropy Generation.
• Participate in code, verification plan, and validation plan reviews of RTL, ROM, and Firmware.
• Define a framework for hardware development to detect and prevent potential security issues.
• Architect and design a hardware vulnerability test bed for side-channel attacks.
• Participate in cross-functional hardware architecture, design, and review meetings.
• Provide guidance to platform hardware engineers for seamless integration of Secure Enclave.
• Engage in research group discussions related to security advances in academia.
• Research secure and performant implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms using advanced modeling frameworks.
• Mentor engineers in Secure Enclave RTL development, verification, and integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering (CE), Electrical Engineering (EE), or 3-5 years in a related technical field.
• Extensive experience in RTL designing, pre-silicon and post-silicon bring-up and debugging.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan