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Senior Firmware Engineer - Security

USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, develop, integrate, validate, and release low-level platform firmware focusing on system management, secure boot, platform security, and device management.

Role type

Senior IC firmware engineer (security & embedded systems)

Builds

Secure boot firmware, platform security modules, device management agents, and firmware update mechanisms for ARM-based SoCs.

Domain

Embedded systems, hardware security, ARM architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Embedded C, low-level programming, RTOS development, ARM SoC architecture, system-level debugging (JTAG, logs, crash analysis), driver development, SPDM/PLDM/MCTP protocols, cryptographic APIs, bootloaders, firmware authentication, signature verification, OTP provisioning

Preferred skills

FreeRTOS, Caliptra

Technologies

ARM SoCs, JTAG, Git, CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

Develop and debug low-level drivers for multicore architectures; Perform system-level debugging using JTAG and exception analysis; Contribute to secure root of trust functionality and firmware authentication; Own features independently from requirements through release; Collaborate on code reviews, unit testing, and static analysis processes.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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