Platform Hardware Security Architect - Flexible Hours & Impact

Anthropic Limited; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic Limited in Seattle is seeking a Platform Hardware Security Engineer to design security architectures for bare-metal infrastructure and to build firmware, bootloaders, OS, and attestation systems. You will ensure integrity across the massive AI training fleet while balancing security and performance.

The role requires deep expertise in low-level security, cryptography, and firmware security, with strong collaboration across hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with secure boot, measured boot, and attestation technologies.
• Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols and hardware security modules.
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS or embedded firmware security and chain of trust.
• Proficiency in C, Rust, Assembly and systems programming.
• Knowledge of firmware vulnerability assessment and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure boot chains from firmware through OS initialization.
• Architect attestation systems from hardware root of trust to application layer.
• 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 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 security requirements.

Skills

Secure boot

Attestation tech

Cryptography

Low-level programming

Firmware security

Threat modeling

Distributed systems

Supply chain security

Cross-boundary collaboration

NIST guidelines

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

TPM

Intel TXT

AMD SEV

ARM TrustZone

Job description

Anthropic Limited in Seattle is seeking a Platform Hardware Security Engineer to design security architectures for bare-metal infrastructure and to build firmware, bootloaders, OS, and attestation systems. You will ensure integrity across the massive AI training fleet while balancing security and performance.

The role requires deep expertise in low-level security, cryptography, and firmware security, with strong collaboration across hardware and software teams.