Principal Systems Software Engineer

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks an experienced security-focused hardware engineer to drive ethical hacking, vulnerability research, and reverse-engineering across prototypes to production-ready platform software. You will collaborate with product, infrastructure, security, hardware, and platform teams, and work with external silicon vendors.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership of early prototypes through production systems, with a strong focus on kernel-level debugging, embedded security, and secure

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded security, hardware hacking, firmware analysis, reverse engineering, penetration testing, or vulnerability research.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethical hacking and authorized research.
• Proficiency in C programming and kernel-level debugging.
• Several years of hands-on Unix/Linux kernel development experience preferred.
• Knowledge of TPM, Secure Boot, kernel signing, and encryption frameworks.
• Working knowledge of hardware interfaces and protocols, including UART, JTAG, SPI, I²C, USB, Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, Zigbee, or proprietary RF.
• Ability to communicate technical findings to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• In depth knowledge of ARM, Intel, and AMD platforms and what chipsets do.

Skills

Embedded security

Hardware hacking

Firmware analysis

Reverse engineering

Penetration testing

Vulnerability research

C programming

Kernel debugging

Linux kernel dev

TPM

Secure Boot

Kernel signing

Encryption frameworks

Hardware interfaces

UART

JTAG

SPI

I2C

USB

Bluetooth

Wi‑Fi

Zigbee

RF protocols

Communicate findings

Chipset knowledge

Job description

This role combines ethical hacking, vulnerability research, and clean-room reverse-engineering practices to understand how systems work, identify security weaknesses, and help engineering teams remediate them responsibly along with future proofing.

This role works closely with product, infrastructure, security, hardware, and platform teams, as well as external silicon and hardware vendors. You will be deeply hands-on, owning early prototypes through production-ready platform software and technical standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in embedded security, hardware hacking, firmware analysis, reverse engineering, penetration testing, or vulnerability research.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethical hacking and authorized research.
• Proficiency in C programming and kernel-level debugging.
• Several years of hands-on Unix/Linux kernel development experience preferred.
• Knowledge of security technologies including TPM, Secure Boot, kernel signing, and encryption frameworks.
• Working knowledge of hardware interfaces and protocols, including UART, JTAG, SPI, I²C, USB, Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, Zigbee, or proprietary RF.
• Ability to communicate technical findings to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• In depth knowledge of ARM, Intel, and AMD platforms and what chipsets do.