Axiado

Silicon

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, Secure firmware, Root of Trust. Own PFR architecture. Own PFR implementation”

Industry & Context.

Silicon
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Debugging; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

20+ years embedded software development, Background in C/C++, Understanding of Platform Firmware Resiliency, Understanding of NIST SP 800-193 requirements, Experience with secure boot, Experience with measured boot, Experience with cryptographic verification of firmware, Familiarity with UEFI/BIOS architecture, Familiarity with BMC firmware, Familiarity with FPGA firmware update flows, Hands-on experience with Intel PFR, Hands-on experience with TPM 2.0, Debugging skills, Use of JTAG, Use of logic analyzers, Use of protocol analyzers, Familiarity with secure firmware update protocols, Knowledge of supply chain security

Nice to Have

Experience with Intel Server Platform Services, Experience with similar management engines

What You'll Do.

Own PFR implementation

Design secure firmware modules

Develop secure firmware modules

Implement protections for BIOS

Implement protections for FPGA

Implement protections for BMC

Implement protections for critical platform firmware

Integrate hardware root-of-trust solutions

Validate hardware root-of-trust solutions

Implement firmware recovery mechanisms

Perform threat modeling

Perform risk assessments

Develop test strategies

Validate PFR capabilities

Ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-193

Ensure compliance with platform security guidelines

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Mentor engineers in firmware security

Mentor engineers in secure coding

Mentor engineers in resiliency design

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Hardware teams; BIOS teams; Security teams; Cloud teams

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