Principal Engineer - CPU Hardware Telemetry & Silicon Security
Core
Design, develop, and optimize production-grade CPU hardware telemetry collection capabilities to detect malicious behavior at the silicon level for real-time threat detection.
Role type
Principal Engineer, CPU Hardware Telemetry & Low-Level Systems
Builds
Production-grade telemetry collection systems and feature-extraction pipelines for hardware-assisted cybersecurity
Domain
Cybersecurity, CPU Microarchitecture, Low-Level Systems Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
C/C++, x86-64 CPU microarchitecture, CPU Performance Monitoring Units (PMUs), kernel development, hardware performance counters, operating system internals, low-level instrumentation, debugging, performance optimization
Preferred skills
Intel PEBS/PT/LBR, AMD IBS, Windows kernel drivers, Linux kernel modules, eBPF, hypervisor knowledge, Rust, assembly language, endpoint security, machine learning integration
Technologies
Intel PMCs, Intel PEBS, Intel PT, Intel LBR, AMD IBS, AMD PMCs, Model-Specific Registers (MSRs), Linux perf_events, eBPF, Windows kernel interfaces
Responsibilities
Design and implement high-performance telemetry collection using CPU PMUs and hardware performance counters; Develop kernel-mode components, drivers, and privileged user-space services for Windows and Linux; Collaborate with security researchers to transform raw hardware telemetry into actionable behavioral signals; Build scalable, fault-tolerant telemetry collection components for enterprise endpoints; Contribute to technical architecture, design reviews, and engineering standards
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
