--- title: 'Senior Security Analyst: Assurance Global Compliance' description: 'Altera is hiring for the Senior Security Analyst: Assurance Global Compliance role in San Jose, CA. See the full description and apply.' type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-security-analyst-assurance-global-compliance-at-altera-01a11c1f-56c7-77b9-b33f-ffcfb2047ea6 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: 'Join Altera as Senior Security Analyst: Assurance Global Compliance in San Jose, CA. Pays $178.2K–$258K per year. Full-time role.' og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/jhzi5u.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Altera | | **Location** | San Jose, CA | | **Salary** | $178.2K/yr - $258K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 06, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Altera sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 57 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Altera. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $183,000 – $229,000 a year (median $215,000). ## Description # **Job Details:** ## **Job Description:** **About the Role** We are looking for a **Senior Security Analyst** to help define and scale security assurance and global compliance practices across our engineering and product organizations. In this role, you will turn security and regulatory expectations into practical frameworks, tools, reviews, and reporting that teams can adopt and use effectively. You will help shape our Security Development Lifecycle, improve the way security processes are delivered, conduct security and compliance reviews, and support readiness for requirements such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act, IEC 62443, and automotive cybersecurity standards. **What You Will Do:** - Define SDL requirements, lifecycle checkpoints, control objectives, and evidence expectations. - Create adoption frameworks and evaluate tools that make secure engineering, evidence collection, and reporting practical and repeatable. - Conduct security reviews, CRA and compliance assessments, readiness reviews, and focused security hackathons. - Coordinate with notified bodies and internal stakeholders on CRA evidence, reporting, and certification-readiness activities. - Support customers whose products integrate Altera FPGAs by helping interpret security requirements, identify evidence needs, and coordinate product-certification readiness. - Track findings and remediation plans, validate corrective actions, and report status to technical and leadership audiences. **Salary Range** The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance. **$178,200 - $258,000 USD** We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations. #LI-MD1 ## **Qualifications:** **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field. - 10+ years of experience in security engineering, product security, security assurance, cybersecurity governance, compliance, or a related field, including at least 3 years in product security, security architecture, assurance leadership, technical leadership, or cross-functional program ownership. - Experience defining SDL and secure-engineering processes and conducting security reviews, compliance assessments, audits, or certification-readiness activities. - Ability to translate CRA, standards, regulations, and customer requirements into clear engineering controls, evidence plans, reports, and remediation actions. - Experience assessing complex software, firmware, embedded, semiconductor, cloud, or platform environments **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience working with CRA, IEC 62443, ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155/UN R156, TISAX, ISO 27001, NIST, notified bodies, or customer certification programs. - Experience in semiconductor, FPGA, silicon, embedded systems, automotive, firmware, hardware/software, or other security-critical product environments. - Familiarity with software supply-chain security, SBOMs, vulnerability disclosure, third-party/open-source risk, and evidence automation. - Experience evaluating GRC, compliance-automation, security-testing, or evidence-management tools; relevant security certifications are a plus. ## **Job Type:** Regular ## **Shift:** Shift 1 (United States of America) ## **Primary Location:** San Jose, California, United States ## **Additional Locations:** ## **Posting Statement:** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. ## Skills - Cloud Computing - Cyber Security - Technical Leadership - Open-Source Software - Semiconductor Industry Knowledge - IEC 62443 - Evidence Management - Automation - Artificial Intelligence - Product Security - Cyber Security Standards - Information Systems - Software Development Life Cycle - Embedded Systems - Security Engineering - Supply Chain - ISO/IEC 27001 Certification - Cyber Resilience - Evidence Collection - Security Testing - Information Assurance - Corrective And Preventive Action (Capa) - Assertiveness - Leadership - Computer Engineering - Computer Science - Security Review - Governance - Equities - Field-Programmable Gate Array (Fpga) - TISAX - Firmware - IT Security Architecture ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Cybersecurity jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cybersecurity?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Security Compliance / GRC Analyst jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cybersecurity/security-compliance-grc-analyst?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260757 jobs - [Semiconductor Manufacturing](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/semiconductor-manufacturing?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 33133 jobs - [San Jose, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-jose?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 10951 jobs - [Altera](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/altera?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 83 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260757 jobs - [Semiconductor Manufacturing](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/semiconductor-manufacturing?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 33133 jobs - [San Jose, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-jose?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 10951 jobs - [Altera](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/altera?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 83 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)