Technical Staff Engineer - Software Development (System Architecture (FPGA Security))

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology FPGA Business group 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 Division. 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 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:

• Lead cross-functional teams to analyze customer use cases & architect solutions to deliver high-performance security IP integrations into Microchip FPGA products
• Work on ASIC & FPGA IP development, integration, and deployment for Security components including the FPGA’s root-of-trust microcontroller and cryptographic accelerators
• Understand customer use cases and the role of Security in overall system architecture
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of industrial experience
• Working knowledge in applied cr