Firmware Security Engineer: LLVM & AI-Driven Analysis

BCforward; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a Software Design Engineer 4 for Applications Dev & Test in the United States, Redmond, WA area. This contract role spans 7 months, with pay: $80–$90 per hour (W2).

The candidate will join a firmware security analysis platform and work on LLVM-based compiler engineering, fuzzing, and AI-assisted security analysis at scale. The role emphasizes building scalable pipelines, improving vulnerability detection, and contributing to CI/CD and open-source workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong professional experience with C/C++ in production systems.
• Hands-on experience with compiler technologies, LLVM, or low-level systems programming.
• Experience with fuzzing frameworks such as libFuzzer, AFL, or AFL++.
• Understanding of software security principles, memory-safety issues, and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop preprocessing pipelines to compile C/C++ firmware into LLVM IR for analysis.
• Implement and maintain LLVM transformations to enable off-target analysis and fuzzing.
• Create code-analysis workflows including call-graph extraction, metadata, and static-analysis integrations.
• Design and operate fuzzing campaigns using modern frameworks and AI-assisted techniques.
• Improve automated crash triage to identify, deduplicate, and analyze security findings.
• Build scalable automation that combines compiler infrastructure, security tooling, and AI-driven workflows.
• Enhance vulnerability detection pipelines and reduce false positives.
• Improve reporting systems to convert findings into actionable insights for engineers.

Skills

LLVM Compiler

C/C++ Systems

Security Fuzzing

Education

BSc in Computer Science or related field

Tools

libFuzzer/AFL

Job description

BCforward is seeking a Software Design Engineer 4 for Applications Dev & Test in the United States, Redmond, WA area. This contract role spans 7 months, with pay: $80–$90 per hour (W2).

The candidate will join a firmware security analysis platform and work on LLVM-based compiler engineering, fuzzing, and AI-assisted security analysis at scale. The role emphasizes building scalable pipelines, improving vulnerability detection, and contributing to CI/CD and open-source workflows.