Offensive Hardware Security Engineer, Platform Security
Core
Conducting hands-on vulnerability auditing and penetration testing on security-critical hardware, firmware, bootloaders, and attestation systems to ensure production safety.
Role type
Senior IC offensive hardware security engineer (platform security)
Builds
Secure boot chains, attestation systems, and firmware vulnerability assessment pipelines for AI infrastructure
Domain
Hardware security, firmware security, cryptographic protocols, AI/ML infrastructure security
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
low-level systems security auditing, secure boot/attestation technologies (TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone), cryptographic protocols, hardware security modules, UEFI/BIOS/embedded firmware security, bootloader hardening, chain of trust implementation, low-level programming (C, Assembly), threat modeling, reverse engineering, fault injection, side-channel analysis
Preferred skills
Rust/Go code auditing, binary reverse engineering, silicon root of trust auditing, confidential computing/TEE auditing, formal verification, security proof techniques, LLM tooling for security assessment, large-scale HPC/cloud infrastructure security, AI/ML infrastructure security
Technologies
TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone, UEFI, BIOS, C, Assembly, Rust, Go
Responsibilities
Audit secure boot chains from firmware through OS initialization; Audit attestation systems providing cryptographic proof of system state; Audit measured boot implementations and runtime integrity monitoring; Integrate security controls with infrastructure teams; Validate security mechanisms before production deployment; Conduct firmware vulnerability assessments and penetration testing; Build firmware vulnerability assessment pipelines for continuous security monitoring; Document security architectures and maintain threat models; Collaborate with software and hardware vendors to ensure security capabilities meet exploit mitigation requirements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
