Platform Firmware Engineer — Secure AI Accelerator Systems

Acceler8 Talent; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Firmware Engineer in Mountain View, CA to own the platform firmware that powers an AI accelerator system. You will work across the firmware stack from secure boot to device firmware, focusing on security, reliability, and observability.

The role involves developing boot ROMs, embedded controllers, BMCs, and power-management firmware, with emphasis on chain of trust, verified boot, and secure updates. Collaboration with hardware and software teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing platform or system firmware.

Responsibilities

• Develop platform firmware across boot ROM, bootloaders, embedded controllers, BMCs, and device firmware for accelerator silicon and systems.
• Implement secure boot and hardware root-of-trust capabilities including measured/verified boot, code signing, chain of trust, authenticated firmware updates, anti-rollback protections, and secure debug.
• Build power-management firmware covering sequencing, PMIC control, DVFS, thermal protection, and system power budgeting.
• Develop monitoring and telemetry for sensors, platform health, RAS, error logging, and system-management interfaces.
• Build and maintain JTAG, scan, and other debug infrastructure.
• Support board bring-up, post-silicon validation, and system-level debugging.
• Partner with silicon, hardware, and software teams on firmware interfaces, threat modeling, and hardware-software co-design.
• Use assisted development and review tools to accelerate firmware delivery and quality.

Skills

C programming

Assembly

Embedded/firmware

ARM architecture

Secure boot / chain of trust

Hardware root of trust

JTAG/BDM debugging

Power management firmware

RTOS/bare-metal

OS/firmware interfaces

Tools

U-Boot/UEFI/coreboot

Job description

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Firmware Engineer in Mountain View, CA to own the platform firmware that powers an AI accelerator system. You will work across the firmware stack from secure boot to device firmware, focusing on security, reliability, and observability.

The role involves developing boot ROMs, embedded controllers, BMCs, and power-management firmware, with emphasis on chain of trust, verified boot, and secure updates. Collaboration with hardware and software teams is essential.