Senior Embedded / Security / Boot Firmware Engineer

Blue Origin; Polska; On-site; PLN 544,000 - 738,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an experienced embedded firmware engineer to develop secure enclave firmware for custom ASICs, including ROM code, bootloaders, and OTA update support. You will work with silicon, software, security, and system teams to define interfaces and security requirements, ensuring a robust lifecycle for secure devices.

You will contribute to pre‑silicon development and silicon bring‑up, applying your expertise in secure boot, root‑of‑trust, and cryptographic key management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (EE/CE/CS).
• 8+ years of embedded software/firmware experience for SoCs/ASICs.
• Strong C/C++ and low‑level embedded development.
• Experience bootloaders, ROM code, BSPs, device drivers or low‑level firmware.
• Solid understanding of embedded processor architectures, memory maps, interrupts and peripherals.
• Experience debugging with JTAG, trace, logic analyzers or equivalent.
• Knowledge of secure boot, root of trust, cryptographic key management, device identity, or secure firmware updates.
• Ability to collaborate with ASIC and hardware teams during pre‑silicon development.

Responsibilities

• Develop ROM code, bootloaders, and runtime firmware for secure enclaves within custom ASICs.
• Design and implement firmware for secure boot, device attestation, and root‑of‑trust functionality.
• Develop firmware infrastructure for OTA updates, recovery, and secure lifecycle management.
• Support manufacturing provisioning including device identity, keys, credentials, and secure configuration.
• Develop and support secure debug, telemetry, tamper monitoring, and device recovery mechanisms.
• Collaborate with ASIC, security, software, and system teams to define hardware/software interfaces and security requirements.
• Support pre‑silicon firmware development and validation using simulation or FPGA platforms.
• Assist silicon bring‑up, debugging, validation, and production deployment of secure‑enclave firmware.
• Produce high‑quality, maintainable embedded software with unit testing, code review, and documentation.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded software

Bootloaders

Secure boot

Root of trust

Firmware development

Hardware interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

JTAG

Trace

Logic analyzers

Job description

Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion.

Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based connectivity with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth.

This network will service tens of thousands of enterprise, data center, and government users who require reliable connectivity for critical operations. As part of a hardworking team of specialists and engineers, you will develop low-level firmware for the secure enclaves of custom ASICs in the TeraWave system.

You will work closely with silicon, software, security, and system engineering teams to develop the foundational firmware required to securely boot, provision, operate, update, monitor, and recover custom silicon throughout its lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop ROM code, bootloaders, and runtime firmware for secure enclaves within custom ASICs.
• Design and implement firmware supporting secure boot, device attestation, and root-of-trust functionality.
• Develop firmware infrastructure for OTA updates, recovery, and secure firmware lifecycle management.
• Support manufacturing provisioning, including device identity, keys, credentials, and secure configuration.
• Develop and support secure debug, telemetry, tamper monitoring, and device recovery mechanisms.
• Work closely with ASIC, security, software, and system teams to define hardware/software interfaces and security requirements.
• Support pre-silicon firmware development and validation using simulation, emulation, FPGA, or other available development platforms.
• Support silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and production deployment of secure-enclave firmware.
• Develop high-quality, maintainable embedded software with appropriate unit testing, code review, and documentation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience developing embedded software or firmware for complex SoCs, ASICs, microcontrollers, or similar embedded systems.
• Strong programming experience in C/C++ and low-level embedded software development.
• Experience developing bootloaders, ROM code, board-support software, device drivers, or low-level firmware.
• Strong understanding of embedded processor architectures, memory maps, interrupts, peripherals, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience debugging embedded systems using tools such as JTAG, trace, logic analyzers, or equivalent debugging environments.
• Experience with embedded security concepts such as secure boot, root of trust, cryptographic key management, device identity, or secure firmware updates.
• Ability to work closely with ASIC and hardware teams during pre-silicon development and silicon bring-up.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing firmware specifically for secure enclaves, hardware roots of trust, or security subsystems.
• Experience with manufacturing provisioning, device attestation, anti-rollback, secure debug, and tamper detection.
• Experience with cryptographic hardware accelerators, key storage, OTP/eFuse, TRNG, or secure memory.
• Experience with custom ASIC or SoC pre-silicon verification and post-silicon bring-up.
• Experience developing firmware for high-reliability, aerospace, satellite, communications, networking, or other complex systems.
• Familiarity with ARM or RISC-V processor architectures and associated embedded development environments.

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Candidates may be subject to verification and BGS screening as per applicable law.

We’re committed to building the road to space so our children can build the future. We are a mission-driven company focused on ideas and innovation, and encourage fresh perspectives from bold voices. At Blue, our team is building the future as their unique selves.

Thank you for your interest in working at Blue Origin! Blue Origin was founded with a vision to enable a future where millions of people are living and working in space to benefit Earth. In order to preserve Earth, Blue Origin believes in the need to enable humanity to expand, explore, find new energy and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space. Blue Origin believes it has an important role in building a road to space and lowering the cost of getting there. At Blue Origin, we’re working on this today by developing fully reusable launch vehicles and systems that are safe, reliable and affordable. Every launch vehicle is designed for human spaceflight from the beginning and able to ferry payloads to space.