Jobs · Information Technology · California

Sr. Embedded Security Engineer

SPAN · San Francisco, CA · 2 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

  • Architect and develop robust security infrastructure, including cryptographic services and other security-critical components.
  • Implement secure and authenticated boot flows to ensure device and firmware integrity from power-on.
  • Design and secure Over-the-Air (OTA) update systems, ensuring robust encryption, cryptographic signing, authentication, and anti-rollback protections for remote deployments.
  • Design and integrate security provisioning protocols into the factory manufacturing process.
  • Establish secure device identities and root-of-trust architectures utilizing onboard hardware security modules (HSMs/TPMs).
  • Design and implement secure debug architectures to safeguard physical and logical interfaces (e.g., JTAG, SWD, UART) against unauthorized access and reverse engineering.
  • Harden Linux and POSIX-based operating systems to minimize attack surfaces and secure the software stack.
  • Rapidly prototype new security features, helping to identify vulnerabilities, design mitigations, and test continuous security improvements.

What You’ll Bring (Qualifications)

  • Experience: 6+ years of professional experience in hardware security, embedded systems engineering, or a closely related field.
  • Security Hardware: Advanced hands-on experience configuring and deploying specialized security hardware, including TPMs and HSMs.
  • Software Development: Strong programming proficiency in C/C++, Rust and Python for developing secure, high-performance software and automation tools.
  • OS Security: Demonstrated experience designing, architecting, and implementing security solutions at the operating system level.
  • Systems Engineering: Core expertise in bare-metal embedded systems development and firmware security.
  • Linux Ecosystem: Familiarity with building and configuring custom Linux distributions using Yocto Linux.

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