Lead SoC Security Engineer — Firmware, Crypto & Trust

Anodize; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anodize is seeking a Lead SoC Security Software Engineer to own the software foundation for our hardware security. You will operate at the intersection of firmware, silicon, and cryptography to secure Root of Trust, media pathways and secret storage.

You will bridge hardware primitives with high-level software, ensuring tamper-proof and private platform design from development through production.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in SoC/Embedded Security.
• Hands-on experience with ARM v8/v9, TrustZone, and firmware integration (TF-A).
• Practical PKI and hardware-based secret storage in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Root of Trust & Secure Boot: architect and implement chain of trust from power-on, including TF-A and secure boot sequences.
• Secure Subsystem & Cryptography: build firmware for Secure Subsystem/TEE to manage keys and crypto ops in isolation.
• Encrypted Media Pipelines: design end-to-end encrypted pathways for media, integrating DRM/HDCP with memory isolation.
• Hardware/Software Co-Design: define security requirements for IP blocks (OTP/eFuses, PUF, crypto accelerators).
• Vulnerability Hardening: model threats and implement defenses against physical and logical attacks, including side-channel analysis.

Skills

SoC security

ARM TrustZone

Rust or C

TF-A / OP-TEE

Cryptography & Key Mgmt

Job description

Anodize is seeking a Lead SoC Security Software Engineer to own the software foundation for our hardware security. You will operate at the intersection of firmware, silicon, and cryptography to secure Root of Trust, media pathways and secret storage.

You will bridge hardware primitives with high-level software, ensuring tamper-proof and private platform design from development through production.