Job Details

Qualcomm Cloud BU is seeking an experienced Security Systems Engineer to develop secure computing environments for Edge and Data Center use cases, targeting Qualcomm's next generation high-performance inference accelerator.

This role focuses on expanding the Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) on server platforms and enabling our hardware-assisted inference accelerator as a trusted device. The ideal candidate should have a background in cloud computing or on-prem server security systems, with experience in confidential computing, virtualization, and secure execution environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, host software and application teams to deliver end-to-end Confidential Compute solutions.
• Integrate and validate TDISP-compliant trusted device assignment and lifecycle management for secure inference acceleration.
• Integrate and validate SR-IOV-based secure execution environment for PCIe devices, supporting isolation, attestation, and multi-tenant deployments.
• Extend open-source OS/hypervisors (e.g., Linux, QEMU, KVM) to support confidential workload security extensions and validate solutions across various virtualization technologies and TEEs.
• Work with server security technologies such as TPM, secure provisioning, firmware integrity, and platform-level attestation.
• Contribute to threat modeling, risk assessments, and compliance alignment with industry standards TDISP, OCP, TCG, and Confidential Computing Consortium.
• Participate in system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning across heterogeneous compute environments.

Required Qualifications

• Proficient with PCIe architecture, including DMA, endpoint configuration, and secure provisioning flows.
• Adept with virtualization technologies (e.g., CVM, SIVM, SR-IOV, Kata Containers), memory isolation, and secure device assignment.
• Experience with confidential computing platforms such as Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, ARM CCA or AWS Nitro Enclaves.
• Experience with server security technologies such as secure boot, attestation, TPM.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• 5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure or server systems engineering, within the security or virtualization domains.
• Experience with RISC-V configuration and secure VF provisioning.
• Familiar with container runtimes (Kubernetes, Kata Containers) within confidential environments.
• Knowledge of secure telemetry, secure update, and secure debug flows.
• Experience designing or integrating secure GPU acceleration within enclave-based architectures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process.