Security Engineering Manager, AWS Foundational & Hardware Security
Amazon · Austin, TX · Software Development
manager
Security Engineer
ic
· Posted May 5, 2026
$175,100 – $236,900
USD per year
AWS Security is seeking an experienced and technical Security Engineering Manager to lead the Foundational & Hardware Security team. In this role, you will own the hardware security practice within AWS, driving security strategy across custom silicon design, firmware, and platform technologies. You will lead a team of world-class security engineers, engage deeply with AWS hardware engineering and platform teams to shape their security roadmaps, and ensure that AWS hardware platforms — from custom chipsets to edge and hybrid devices — are built and operated to the highest security standards.
This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of hardware engineering and security, with direct influence on the security posture of AWS's global cloud infrastructure, custom silicon programs, and edge computing portfolio.
Key job responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and grow a team of security engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership
* Engage early with AWS hardware engineering teams — including silicon design, firmware, and platform engineering — to influence their security roadmaps, embed security requirements from the earliest stages of product design, and ensure security is a first-class consideration from chip architecture through deployment
* Define and drive the multi-year hardware security strategy for AWS, covering:
* Custom silicon security: chip-level security architecture for AWS-designed processors such as Graviton, Trainium, and Inferentia — including secure boot, hardware root of trust, memory protection, and inter-chip communication security (encryption, side-channel resistance, power analysis attack mitigations)
* Firmware security: secure firmware development lifecycle, firmware integrity verification, anti-rollback protections, and vulnerability management across AWS hardware platforms
* TPM and cryptographic hardware: TPM implementation, hardware security module (HSM) integration, and cryptographic key management at the hardware layer
* Edge and hybrid device security: end-to-end hardware security for AWS edge and hybrid devices such as AWS Snowball and AWS Outposts — including physical tamper resistance, secure provisioning, and field security operations
* IoT and device security: hardware security architecture for connected and embedded devices, including secure element integration, device attestation, over-the-air (OTA) update security, and hardware-enforced isolation
* Platform and hypervisor security: security verification of platform technologies including hypervisors, virtualization layers, and hardware-software interfaces — ensuring hardware security controls are correctly implemented and enforced at the platform level
* Verify security controls implemented across hardware, firmware, and platform technologies — conducting rigorous security assessments, threat modeling, and penetration testing to validate that security requirements are met end-to-end
* Drive all hardware-related security issues to successful resolution, ensuring prompt response to emerging risks across silicon, firmware, and platform layers
* Communicate major security risks and program status to CISO and AWS Security leadership
* Develop and maintain team training, onboarding, and career development programs
* Represent the AWS Security team as an ambassador with external partners, silicon vendors, and industry standards bodies
* Establish scalable mechanisms for hardware and firmware security review, tooling, and detection across AWS's global hardware fleet
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
- 4+ years of deep domain expertise in hardware/firmware design and/or virtualization technologies
- 3+ years of experience managing and developing high-performing security engineering teams
- Technical understanding of: Chip-level security architecture, secure boot, and hardware root of trust * Firmware security — secure development practices, integrity verification, and vulnerability management * IoT and device hardware security concepts — device attestation, secure provisioning, hardware-enforced isolation, and OTA security * Platform and hypervisor security — understanding of how hardware security controls interact with virtualization and platform software layers
- Demonstrated ability to engage with and influence engineering teams on security strategy and roadmap
- Experience securing custom silicon programs (e.g., ARM-based SoCs, custom ASICs) in large-scale cloud or data center environments
- Familiarity with side-channel attacks, fault injection, and physical security testing methodologies
- Experience with edge and hybrid device security — including tamper-resistant hardware design, secure field provisioning, and remote attestation for devices like AWS Snowball or Outposts
- Deep understanding of embedded systems security, RTOS security, and low-level firmware attack surfaces
- Experience verifying security controls across hypervisors and virtualization platforms (e.g., Nitro, KVM, Xen)
- Track record of influencing hardware and firmware security roadmaps across large engineering organizations
- Experience working with external security researchers, silicon vendors, ODMs, and regulatory bodies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex hardware security topics to senior leadership
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
USA, TX, Austin - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually
This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of hardware engineering and security, with direct influence on the security posture of AWS's global cloud infrastructure, custom silicon programs, and edge computing portfolio.
Key job responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and grow a team of security engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership
* Engage early with AWS hardware engineering teams — including silicon design, firmware, and platform engineering — to influence their security roadmaps, embed security requirements from the earliest stages of product design, and ensure security is a first-class consideration from chip architecture through deployment
* Define and drive the multi-year hardware security strategy for AWS, covering:
* Custom silicon security: chip-level security architecture for AWS-designed processors such as Graviton, Trainium, and Inferentia — including secure boot, hardware root of trust, memory protection, and inter-chip communication security (encryption, side-channel resistance, power analysis attack mitigations)
* Firmware security: secure firmware development lifecycle, firmware integrity verification, anti-rollback protections, and vulnerability management across AWS hardware platforms
* TPM and cryptographic hardware: TPM implementation, hardware security module (HSM) integration, and cryptographic key management at the hardware layer
* Edge and hybrid device security: end-to-end hardware security for AWS edge and hybrid devices such as AWS Snowball and AWS Outposts — including physical tamper resistance, secure provisioning, and field security operations
* IoT and device security: hardware security architecture for connected and embedded devices, including secure element integration, device attestation, over-the-air (OTA) update security, and hardware-enforced isolation
* Platform and hypervisor security: security verification of platform technologies including hypervisors, virtualization layers, and hardware-software interfaces — ensuring hardware security controls are correctly implemented and enforced at the platform level
* Verify security controls implemented across hardware, firmware, and platform technologies — conducting rigorous security assessments, threat modeling, and penetration testing to validate that security requirements are met end-to-end
* Drive all hardware-related security issues to successful resolution, ensuring prompt response to emerging risks across silicon, firmware, and platform layers
* Communicate major security risks and program status to CISO and AWS Security leadership
* Develop and maintain team training, onboarding, and career development programs
* Represent the AWS Security team as an ambassador with external partners, silicon vendors, and industry standards bodies
* Establish scalable mechanisms for hardware and firmware security review, tooling, and detection across AWS's global hardware fleet
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field- 4+ years of deep domain expertise in hardware/firmware design and/or virtualization technologies
- 3+ years of experience managing and developing high-performing security engineering teams
- Technical understanding of: Chip-level security architecture, secure boot, and hardware root of trust * Firmware security — secure development practices, integrity verification, and vulnerability management * IoT and device hardware security concepts — device attestation, secure provisioning, hardware-enforced isolation, and OTA security * Platform and hypervisor security — understanding of how hardware security controls interact with virtualization and platform software layers
- Demonstrated ability to engage with and influence engineering teams on security strategy and roadmap
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field- Experience securing custom silicon programs (e.g., ARM-based SoCs, custom ASICs) in large-scale cloud or data center environments
- Familiarity with side-channel attacks, fault injection, and physical security testing methodologies
- Experience with edge and hybrid device security — including tamper-resistant hardware design, secure field provisioning, and remote attestation for devices like AWS Snowball or Outposts
- Deep understanding of embedded systems security, RTOS security, and low-level firmware attack surfaces
- Experience verifying security controls across hypervisors and virtualization platforms (e.g., Nitro, KVM, Xen)
- Track record of influencing hardware and firmware security roadmaps across large engineering organizations
- Experience working with external security researchers, silicon vendors, ODMs, and regulatory bodies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex hardware security topics to senior leadership
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually