Principal Engineer – Secure Embedded Systems Architect

FHLB Des Moines; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a Principal Engineer-Software to lead embedded firmware and platform software for Secure Computing products, with a focus on embedded controllers, secure boot, root-of-trust, and TrustZone-enabled systems.

You will architect, develop, and deploy secure firmware solutions across Cortex-M and related architectures, mentor teams, and drive customer enablement and platform enablement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in embedded firmware and software development for microcontrollers, embedded processors, and secure computing platforms.
• Expert-level programming skills in Embedded C and strong scripting capabilities using Python.
• Strong understanding of ARM architectures, Linux environments, and command-line build systems.
• Experience developing software for Cortex-M based platforms including TrustZone-enabled architectures.
• Experience with Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M), PSA concepts, secure and non-secure partitioning, and trusted execution environments.
• Strong understanding of secure boot, root-of-trust, device attestation, cryptographic provisioning, key management, and firmware resiliency architectures.
• Experience with cryptographic technologies including AES, RSA, ECC, ECDSA, SHA and modern security frameworks.
• Experience with Zephyr RTOS, FreeRTOS, Chromium EC firmware, and embedded software architecture.
• Experience with communication protocols such as I2C, I3C, SPI, eSPI, UART, USB, and related embedded interfaces.
• Experience with embedded debugging tools, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Experience in software deployment, verification, validation, and customer product enablement.
• Strong problem-solving, technical leadership, mentoring, communication, and customer-facing skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across geographically distributed teams and influence product strategy through innovation and architectural leadership.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product management, silicon, validation, and customer-facing teams to drive product innovation, platform enablement, and customer success across x86 and Arm-based systems.
• Lead architecting secure firmware solutions, leading customer onboarding and technical engagements, enabling strategic customer deployments, driving software architecture decisions, and mentoring engineering teams across multiple projects.
• Development and integration of TrustZone and Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M) based solutions, secure provisioning frameworks, cryptographic services, secure firmware update mechanisms, and embedded AI technologies for intelligent endpoint and edge-computing applications.
• Perform as a technical authority for complex customer issues, security architecture reviews, platform software strategy, and next-generation product development initiatives.

Skills

Embedded C

Python scripting

ARM architectures

Linux environments

TrustZone/TF-M

Secure boot and root-of-trust

cryptographic provisioning

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

FreeRTOS

TF-M tooling

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a Principal Engineer-Software to lead embedded firmware and platform software for Secure Computing products, with a focus on embedded controllers, secure boot, root-of-trust, and TrustZone-enabled systems.

You will architect, develop, and deploy secure firmware solutions across Cortex-M and related architectures, mentor teams, and drive customer enablement and platform enablement initiatives.