Axiado

AI powered digital infrastructure

Sr.StaffFirmwareEngineerPlatformFirmwareResiliency(PFR)

$80–200k San Jose, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Sr. Staff Firmware Engineer - Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) at Axiado. Skills: Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR), secure firmware solutions, TPM, Firmware Signing, Attestation, Root of Trust, secure boot, measured boot, cryptographic verification of firmware, UEFI BIOS architecture, BMC firmware, FPGA firmware update flows, hardware root-of-trust solutions, JTAG, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers. Own PFR architecture and implementation for multiple product lines. Design and develop secu”

What You'll Achieve.

lead the design, development, and optimization of secure firmware solutions that meet the required compliance standards; protect the world’s most critical infrastructure; securing systems at the foundation levels of hardware; protect hardware, firmware, and software integrity; restore integrity after detection of corruption or compromise; secure every node on the internet

Industry & Context.

AI powered digital infrastructure
Problems you'll solve

energized by hard problems; solving real-world problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

20+ years of experience in embedded software development, background in C/C++, understanding of Platform Firmware Resiliency concepts, understanding of NIST SP 800-193 requirements, Experience with secure boot, Experience with measured boot, Experience with cryptographic verification of firmware, Hands-on experience with hardware root-of-trust solutions (e.g., Intel PFR, TPM 2.0), debugging skills, including use of JTAG, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers

Nice to Have

Experience with Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) or similar management engines is a plus, Familiarity with secure firmware update protocols (e.g., capsule updates, signed images), Knowledge of supply chain security for firmware components

What You'll Do.

Own PFR architecture and implementation for multiple product lines

Design and develop secure firmware modules that implement protections for BIOS

and other critical platform firmware

Integrate and validate hardware root-of-trust solutions (e.g.

cryptographic accelerators)

Implement firmware recovery mechanisms to restore integrity after detection of corruption or compromise

Perform threat modeling and risk assessments specific to firmware-level attacks

Develop test strategies for validating PFR capabilities

including attack simulation and penetration testing

Ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-193 and relevant platform security guidelines

Mentor engineers in firmware security principles

secure coding practices

and resiliency design patterns

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, BIOS, security, cloud) to ensure seamless integration of PFR features; Mentor engineers in firmware security principles, secure coding practices, and resiliency design patterns; mutual support

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