Platform Hardware Security Engineer
Design and implement security architectures for bare-metal infrastructure including secure boot chains, attestation systems, and firmware security for AI training hardware. Requires expertise in low-level systems security, cryptographic protocols, and hardware root of trust technologies.
About the job
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure boot chains from firmware through OS initialization for diverse hardware platforms (CPUs, BMCs, switches, peripherals, and embedded microcontrollers)
- Architect attestation systems that provide cryptographic proof of system state from hardware root of trust through application layer
- Develop measured boot implementations and runtime integrity monitoring
- Create reference architectures and security requirements for bare-metal deployments
- Integrate security controls with infrastructure teams without impacting training performance
- Prototype and validate security mechanisms before production deployment
- Conduct firmware vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
- Build firmware analysis pipelines for continuous security monitoring
- Document security architectures and maintain threat models
- Collaborate with software and hardware vendors to ensure security capabilities meet our requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with secure boot, measured boot, and attestation technologies (TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone)
- Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols and hardware security modules
- Experience with UEFI/BIOS or embedded firmware security, bootloader hardening, and chain of trust implementation
- Proficiency in low-level programming (C, Rust, Assembly) and systems programming
- Knowledge of firmware vulnerability assessment and threat modeling
- Track record of designing security architectures for complex, distributed systems
- Experience with supply chain security
- Ability to work effectively across hardware and software boundaries
- Knowledge of NIST firmware security guidelines and hardware security frameworks
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in systems security, with at least 5 years focused on firmware and hardware security (firmware, bootloaders, and OS-level security)
- Experience with confidential computing technologies and hardware-based TEEs
- Knowledge of SLSA framework and software supply chain security standards
- Experience securing large-scale HPC or cloud infrastructure
- Contributions to open-source security projects (coreboot, CHIPSEC, etc.)
- Background in formal verification or security proof techniques
- Experience with silicon root of trust implementations
- Experience working with building foundational technical designs, operational leadership, and vendor collaboration
- Previous work with AI/ML infrastructure security
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual Salary: $405,000—$405,000 USD
- Visa sponsorship available
- Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours
Skills
Secure Boot, Measured Boot, Attestation, Tpm, Intel Txt, Amd Sev, Arm Trustzone, Uefi/Bios, C, Rust, Assembly, Cryptography, Hardware Security Modules, Firmware Security, Threat Modeling
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