Hardware Security Engineer – AI Infrastructure (New Grad)

Together Computer Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Startup equity

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Together AI in San Francisco is seeking a Hardware Security Engineer for new grads (2027) to contribute to secure AI systems across hardware, firmware, OS, and cloud services. You will implement security controls and build AI-assisted security apps with cross-team collaboration.

Ideal candidates are actively pursuing degrees in EE/CS/SE and have foundational knowledge of computer architecture, OS concepts, and experience with Python or Bash. The role offers competitive compensation and equity.

Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field expected by Summer 2027.
• Foundational understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, networking, embedded systems, digital logic, or electronics.
• Strong programming skills with a proficiency in Python or bash.
• Exposure to building AI-assisted applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and implement security solutions for AI infrastructure across hardware, firmware, operating systems, and cloud services, including BMCs, TPMs, secure boot chains, networking interfaces, and workload identity systems.
• Assess and improve the security posture of server and accelerator platforms, including firmware update processes, device identity, trusted execution, and hardware-backed cryptography.
• Support the secure platform lifecycle, from device onboarding, provisioning, and inventory through configuration validation and decommissioning.
• Build automation and internal tools in Python, Bash, or similar languages to collect platform telemetry, detect configuration drift, and support incident investigation.
• Build AI-assisted security applications for asset classification, anomaly detection, and detection-and-response workflows.
• Partner with IT and infrastructure teams to implement and enforce identity, access-control, endpoint, and privileged-access security practices.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies such as confidential computing, remote attestation, hardware roots of trust, and secure device management.
• Write clean, well-documented code, technical designs, test plans, and security findings.

Skills

Python

Bash

Education

Pursuing degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

JTAG/SWD debugging

FPGA development

Microcontrollers

Job description

Together AI in San Francisco is seeking a Hardware Security Engineer for new grads (2027) to contribute to secure AI systems across hardware, firmware, OS, and cloud services. You will implement security controls and build AI-assisted security apps with cross-team collaboration.

Ideal candidates are actively pursuing degrees in EE/CS/SE and have foundational knowledge of computer architecture, OS concepts, and experience with Python or Bash. The role offers competitive compensation and equity.