Staff Engineer: AI Accelerator Card Security

European Tech Recruit; Cork; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit are assisting a Cork-based leader in semiconductors to recruit a Staff Engineer focused on AI accelerator card security. You will define security requirements, evaluate components, and enable secure provisioning for factory environments.

The role demands deep knowledge of BMC/PRoT, Redfish, SPDM/PLDM, and experience with attestation protocols, keys, and certificates across hardware platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; 7+ years in product security.
• Strong understanding of hardware security concepts (BMC, PRoT, flash devices, PCIe switches, ACS).
• Knowledge of key/certificate management and device security lifecycle (root-of-trust, boot-chain, firmware authentication).
• Experience in security risk assessments and drafting security specifications.

Responsibilities

• Define and document security requirements for AI accelerator card components.
• Document secure communications between BMC and platform-management services (Redfish, SPDM, PLDM).
• Establish device identity, measurements, evidence, and PRoT attestation to management services.
• Represent security team in customer/vendor/standards forums on attestation protocols.
• Evaluate components for security compliance and drive vendor improvements.
• Design security provisioning services for keys, certificates, identities in factory environments.
• Create test plans and production-line validation for provisioning identities and keys.

Skills

Communication skills

Security mindset

Risk assessment

Security lifecycle understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (security specialization)

Tools

C programming language

Python programming

Job description

European Tech Recruit are assisting a Cork-based leader in semiconductors to recruit a Staff Engineer focused on AI accelerator card security. You will define security requirements, evaluate components, and enable secure provisioning for factory environments.

The role demands deep knowledge of BMC/PRoT, Redfish, SPDM/PLDM, and experience with attestation protocols, keys, and certificates across hardware platforms.