Principal Engineer-Software

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

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description: Microchip Technology Inc. has a Principal Engineer-Software opening based in Austin, TX. The Secure Computing Group (SCG) is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join the Applications Engineering team. This role will provide technical leadership for the architecture, development, integration, and deployment of embedded firmware and platform software solutions for Secure Computing products, with a focus on Embedded Controllers (EC), secure boot, root-of-trust technologies, TrustZone-enabled systems, and next-generation secure computing platforms.

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.

Requirements / 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of DICE, CDI, SPDM, eROT, secure provisioning, firmware update, and recovery architectures.
• Experience with Embedded AI, TinyML, TensorFlow Lite Micro, CMSIS-NN, or AI inference deployment on resource-constrained systems.
• Knowledge of AI model optimization, secure AI deployment, and edge intelligence frameworks.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity standards, secure development practices, and emerging industry compliance requirements.

Travel Time: 0% - 25%

Physical Attributes

• Feeling
• Handling
• Hearing
• Seeing
• Talking
• Works Alone

Physical Requirements

• 10% Standing
• 10% Walking
• 80% Sitting
• 100% Inside-MF 8-5PM

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

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