Cybersecurity Analyst — Semiconductor IP OR Hardware Security Analyst

Date posted 10/20/2026

Category Engineering****Hire Type Employee****Job ID 19277****Remote Eligible No****Date Posted 10/20/2026

We Are:

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in chip design, verification, and IP integration, empowering the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content. Join us to transform the future through continuous technological innovation.

You Are:

You are someone who builds trust with product and engineering teams and helps them do security work as part of normal delivery. You listen first, write in clear language, and own your conclusions. You work well with people in different disciplines and locations without needing to be the loudest person in the room.

You are practical when information is incomplete. You explain complex topics in simple terms, stay calm when the design changes, and challenge unclear choices in a respectful way. You care about teamwork, follow-through, and leaving work that others can use.

This is a full-time role.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead threat analysis for semiconductor IP and associated firmware: identify assets, access points, threat scenarios, and attack paths, and recommend controls in the IP versus requirements for the integrator.
• Run security analysis as part of the cybersecurity lifecycle, from planning through design, implementation, verification, and release.
• Advise product teams on cybersecurity requirements, architecture, and verification so security work is built into the existing development flow.
• Author customer-facing security integration guidance that describes the threat landscape, implemented controls, and how customers should integrate the IP.
• Review RTL, architecture, and verification intent against secure-design principles; judge whether a claimed control is implemented and testable; capture integrator recommendations where needed.
• Support in-field cybersecurity activities for the products you cover, including vulnerability assessment, incident analysis, and security advisories, working with product-team architects and corporate vulnerability response as required.
• Facilitate working sessions with cybersecurity architects and design and verification leads; keep analysis consistent across similar IP classes.
• Deliver analysis incrementally with product teams working in agile sprints: plan security work against the product backlog, adjust scope when the design changes, and keep evidence current at each milestone.
• Use Python to automate analysis, transform inventories and threat-model data, and produce repeatable reports other analysts can run and review.
• Use agentic workflows (AI agents, structured prompts, and human-in-the-loop review) to speed research, first drafts, consistency checks, and routine tasks without handing off ownership of findings.
• Run the job in Jira, Confluence, Git, and GitLab: track analysis and incident work, keep project documentation current, and version work products through merge requests and review.

The Impact You Will Have:

• Give product teams threat analysis they can trust and act on without re-deriving the work.
• Leave cybersecurity requirements and verification objectives that design and verification teams can execute.
• Produce integration guidance that customers can follow without a security specialist in the room.
• Strengthen the cybersecurity lifecycle for IP products so security work stays current as the design changes.
• Improve consistency of analysis across similar IP classes through