Senior Manager, Embedded Security & Root-of-Trust

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of embedded security software engineers, developing infrastructure and embedded stack for root‑of‑trust hardware. You will partner with technical leads to drive architecture, influence standards, and contribute to Caliptra/OpenTitan.

You will manage budgets and coordinate across sites to deliver secure hardware/software for Google's cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development.
• 7 years of experience working with bare metal firmware or embedded operating systems.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience in embedded software development using C/C++ or Rust, with a focus on embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of embedded security software engineers developing infrastructure and embedded stack for root‑of‑trust hardware.
• Partner with the team’s technical leads to drive the architecture and development roadmap of root‑of‑trust foundational security.
• Influence, contribute to, and collaborate on industry standards and open‑source hardware/software security projects such as Caliptra and OpenTitan.
• Partner with hardware vendors and internal cross‑functional teams to design, build, and launch features for hardware root‑of‑trust solutions.
• Oversee the design and implementation of functional and integration test frameworks to validate hardware security integrations across pre‑silicon and post‑silicon environments, as well as in Data Center cloud deployments.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Team leadership

People management

Embedded systems experience

Software development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTitan

Caliptra

Golang

Python

Job description

Google Sunnyvale seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of embedded security software engineers, developing infrastructure and embedded stack for root‑of‑trust hardware. You will partner with technical leads to drive architecture, influence standards, and contribute to Caliptra/OpenTitan.

You will manage budgets and coordinate across sites to deliver secure hardware/software for Google's cloud platforms.