BootROM & Security Lead - RISC-V MPU

Location: Karnataka, Bengaluru, India

Company

hirify.global is a full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services for technology companies worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, implement, maintain, and harden secure boot and Root of Trust software for a 64-bit RISC-V MPU platform.
• Enable the boot and firmware stack, including BootROM, FSBL, U-Boot, OpenSBI, early platform initialization, and firmware handoff.
• Integrate platform security at the OS level through Linux kernel and BSP changes, Device Tree updates, firmware interfaces, memory reservations, and secure/non-secure boundaries.
• Develop and debug security components for cryptography, key services, secure storage, provisioning, anti-rollback, and attestation.
• Validate the platform across pre-silicon, FPGA, and first-silicon environments, root-causing issues across hardware, firmware, and the kernel.
• Deliver security integration, validation, documentation, and release-readiness materials for SDK releases.

Requirements

• B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in low-level firmware, boot software, secure boot, and Root of Trust development on SoCs.
• Expert-level C programming and ability to read low-level firmware and kernel-adjacent code.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals, including boot flow, memory management, MMU basics, privilege, isolation, and system-level debugging.
• Hands-on experience with U-Boot, Linux kernel, Device Tree, Yocto/OpenEmbedded, GDB, and OpenOCD/JTAG, Lauterbach, or similar tools.
• Experience with SoC bring-up and validation on FPGA, emulation, or early-silicon platforms.

Nice to have

• RISC-V RV64 security experience or exposure to application-class CPU security architectures such as ARM TrustZone/EL3.
• Experience with OpenSBI, secure monitor layers, early-boot isolation, PMP, sPMP, or IOPMP.
• Knowledge of lifecycle and provisioning flows, secure storage, anti-rollback, attestation, and firmware/OS security boundaries.
• Exposure to CI/CD and automated validation for boot and security quality.

Culture & Benefits

• Build a secure boot and Root of Trust stack from the ground up for real products.
• Own the security platform end to end, from pre-silicon and FPGA through first silicon and production SDK releases.
• Work closely with architecture and SoC teams, using validation data to guide security decisions.
• Participate in deep technical work with a strong peer group and long-term platform development.