[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All NVIDIA jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/) · [Search jobs](/search/) NVIDIA · Multiple locations # Distinguished Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering Multiple locations Security Listed on NVIDIA’s official careers site. Listed as of October 20, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on NVIDIA’s careers site →](https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Distinguished-Engineer--AI-Safety-and-Security-Engineering_JR2021883) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [NVIDIA](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/) / Distinguished Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering ## Job description NVIDIA is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to serve as the founding technical leader for our AI Safety & Security Engineering team. Rooted in the firm belief that open-weight models, transparency, and broad scientific scrutiny are foundational to American AI leadership and cybersecurity defense, our newly assembled team builds AI-powered tooling to discover, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities. In this foundational role, you will take full ownership of the core harness architecture and baseline engineering standards, guiding our program from early-stage prototypes into a dependable, reviewable production pipeline. Your technical roadmap will dictate how NVIDIA designs, tests, and validates its safety-critical AI systems for years to come. Recognizing that technical leadership is fundamentally collaborative, you will work side-by-side with engineering managers, security partners, and evaluation teams to build consensus through active listening and transparent reasoning. You will act as the crucial bridge between exploratory research ideas and rigorous software engineering, finding balanced paths forward where innovation meets enterprise reliability. Beyond system design, teaching and mentorship are primary components of this position rather than optional add-ons. You will actively review designs across the organization, keeping code quality and safety standards highly visible without hindering engineering velocity. Ultimately, the architectural frameworks and team culture you establish early on will outlive any single component, directly shaping both the careers of founding engineers and the future of secure AI systems. ### What You'll Be Doing Architecture: Define the canonical harness architecture and component baseline. ### Engineering standards Set the engineering standards the team builds on. ### Technical roadmap Guide the Find, Validate, and Patch technical roadmap. ### Mentorship Mentor founding engineers and support their growth. ### What We Need To See Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 18+ years designing and building complex systems. ### Architecture depth Deep experience architecting distributed systems, ML pipelines, or large-scale platforms. ### Research to production A record of turning research into production-grade engineering. ### Collaboration Ability to align engineers and researchers on one technical direction. ### Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd Security exposure: Vulnerability research or security engineering experience. ### Agent systems Familiarity with agent frameworks or LLM-based tooling. ### Evaluation Experience building evaluation or benchmarking infrastructure. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and versatile people in the world working with us, and our engineering teams are growing fast in some of the most impactful fields of our generation: Confidential Computing and Data. If you're a creative engineer who enjoys autonomy and shares our passion for technology, we want to hear from you. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 320,000 USD - 488,750 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 30, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Aug 20, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 61 days - Location: Multiple locations[Apply on NVIDIA’s careers site →](https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Distinguished-Engineer--AI-Safety-and-Security-Engineering_JR2021883) ## More jobs at NVIDIA ### [Evaluation and ML Systems Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/75d1aeef9de9cf3c7899/) ### [Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/731634d5b91f62c1f067/) ### [Deep Learning Compiler Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/23bf3c76810fd3e7e015/) ### [Distinguished Engineer - Dynamo](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/38ed5e47e2f5093a1884/) ### [Engineering Manager, Deep Learning Inference](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/7dc56e3bfe73c3b5e9a7/) ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Distinguished Engineer - Application Security](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cvs-health/jobs/74f8492a75e335ace2bf/) CVS Health · Work from home, AZ ### [Distinguished Engineer, Developer Experience](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cvs-health/jobs/ed64f7e0584ca85993a1/) CVS Health · Work from home, MN ### [Distinguished Engineer Networking Redwood City California United States](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/equinix/jobs/bd8bd749280180888cd0/) Equinix ### [Safety & Security Agent](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/marriott-international/jobs/7e2d1ed1739916ba3e65/) Marriott International ### [Safety & Security Officer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/marriott-international/jobs/ba704f11bdc2716bbf08/) Marriott International OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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