Senior Embedded Security Architect – Hardware & Firmware

The Briefed; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Healthcare and wellness

Parental & family care

Onsite meals

Commuter benefits

Professional development stipends

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Verkada seeks an Embedded Security Engineer on the Device Security Team to protect its fleet of physical security products. You will shape security roadmaps for hardware and firmware, build automated tooling, and collaborate with product teams to embed secure-by-design principles across development.

You will perform red team assessments, drive threat modeling and design reviews, and partner with security leadership to advance the overall security posture and resilience of Verkada’s devices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional security engineering experience.
• Strong Linux kernel security and networking knowledge.
• Experience with hardware security mechanisms (secure boot, TrustZone, disk encryption, MAC).
• Applied cryptography knowledge and key management.

Responsibilities

• Define security requirements for device hardware and firmware architectures.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to embed secure-by-design principles throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop threat models and participate in design reviews for embedded device components.
• Implement and evaluate hardware security features such as secure boot pipelines and TrustZone.
• Perform red team assessments and develop security tooling to automate analysis.
• Triage, validate, and remediate vulnerabilities from internal tooling, audits, and bug bounty programs.

Skills

Linux internals

Networking

Threat modeling

Applied cryptography

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

TrustZone

Secure boot

Disk encryption

MAC (Mandatory Access Control)

Job description

Verkada seeks an Embedded Security Engineer on the Device Security Team to protect its fleet of physical security products. You will shape security roadmaps for hardware and firmware, build automated tooling, and collaborate with product teams to embed secure-by-design principles across development.

You will perform red team assessments, drive threat modeling and design reviews, and partner with security leadership to advance the overall security posture and resilience of Verkada’s devices.