Platform Hardware Security Engineer (Firmware & Attestation)

Anthropic Limited; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

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

The role requires deep expertise in low-level security, cryptographic protocols, and hardware root-of-trust. You will work with multiple teams and have a direct impact on the security of our AI systems and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with secure boot, measured boot, and attestation technologies (TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone).
• Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols and hardware security modules.
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS or embedded firmware security, bootloader hardening, and chain of trust implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure boot chains from firmware through OS initialization for diverse hardware platforms.
• Architect attestation systems that provide cryptographic proof of system state across hardware to application layers.
• 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 ensure security capabilities meet requirements.

Skills

Secure boot

Attestation

Low-level programming

Threat modeling

Firmware security

Supply chain security

Cross-functional collaboration

NIST guidelines

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

UEFI/BIOS security

TPM

Intel TXT

AMD SEV

ARM TrustZone

Job description

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

The role requires deep expertise in low-level security, cryptographic protocols, and hardware root-of-trust. You will work with multiple teams and have a direct impact on the security of our AI systems and infrastructure.