Senior Security Firmware Engineer (Embedded)

TL;DR

Security Firmware Engineer (Embedded / Root of Trust): Implementing secure boot and root-of-trust across a complex SoC for next-generation in-memory compute AI hardware platform with an accent on chain-of-trust integration, security IP, and secure firmware delivery. Focus on enabling signing, encryption, validation flows, and supporting FPGA/early silicon bring-up.

Location: Remote from anywhere in US/Canada

Salary: up to $260k + equity and wider benefits

Company

AI hardware company building a PCIe-based accelerator for high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference at the edge. Backed by $120M+ in funding and founded on over a decade of advanced research.

What you will do

• Implement chain-of-trust across bootloaders and runtime firmware
• Integrate security IP into the firmware stack
• Enable signing, encryption, and validation flows
• Support FPGA and early silicon bring-up

Requirements

• 5+ years embedded firmware experience
• Strong C/C++ skills
• Experience with secure boot / root-of-trust
• Comfortable working close to hardware and debugging low-level systems

Nice to have

• RISC-V/ARM
• PCIe firmware
• Security IP integration