Platform Hardware Security Architect

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Platform Hardware Security Engineer to design and implement security architectures for bare-metal infrastructure. You will work across teams to build firmware, bootloaders, OS, and attestation systems ensuring integrity from the ground up, balancing security with training performance.

Responsibilities include designing secure boot chains, attestation systems, and runtime integrity monitoring, while collaborating with vendors to meet security requirements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with secure boot, measured boot, and attestation (TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone).
• Understanding of cryptographic protocols and hardware security modules.
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS or embedded firmware security, bootloader hardening, and chain of trust implementation.
• Proficiency in C, Rust, and Assembly; systems programming.
• Knowledge of firmware vulnerability assessment and threat modeling.
• Track record designing security architectures for distributed systems.
• Experience with supply chain security.
• Ability to collaborate across hardware and software boundaries.
• Knowledge of NIST firmware security guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Design secure boot chains from firmware through OS init for diverse hardware platforms.
• Architect attestation systems with cryptographic proof of system state.
• Develop measured boot implementations and runtime integrity monitoring.
• Create reference architectures and security requirements for bare-metal deployments.
• Integrate security controls with infrastructure teams without impacting training performance.
• Prototype and validate security mechanisms before production deployment.
• Conduct firmware vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
• Build firmware analysis pipelines for continuous security monitoring.
• Document security architectures and maintain threat models.
• Collaborate with software and hardware vendors to meet requirements.

Skills

Secure boot & attestation

Cryptographic protocols

UEFI/BIOS security

Low-level programming (C, Rust, ASM)

Threat modeling

Supply chain security

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

coreboot

CHIPSEC

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Platform Hardware Security Engineer to design and implement security architectures for bare-metal infrastructure. You will work across teams to build firmware, bootloaders, OS, and attestation systems ensuring integrity from the ground up, balancing security with training performance.

Responsibilities include designing secure boot chains, attestation systems, and runtime integrity monitoring, while collaborating with vendors to meet security requirements.