Security Engineering Manager, AWS Foundational & Hardware Security

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Mental health support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Relocation assistance

Not verified

Childcare support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Learning budget

Not verified

Verification

Source-linked checked Jun 7, 2026

Salary

$175K-$237K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

Reported from DOL Form 5500 industry filing (not employer-specific)

Was this benefit information wrong? Tell us.

Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

77% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

Shift type

Not verified

Weekend work

Not verified

Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

Application

Cover letter

Not verified

Assessment

Not verified

Deadline

Not stated

Where they hire

State eligibility is not yet verified.

About this role

Security Engineering Manager, AWS Foundational & Hardware Security Austin, Texas, USA 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

Read the full description at www.amazon.jobs. FewerJobs shows a preview and links to the original posting.