Senior Manager, Root of Trust Security

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

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.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with embedded Rust and C development, Golang, and Python.
• Experience with the RISC-V architecture, bare-metal programming, bootloaders, embedded firmware, and kernel development.
• Familiarity with open source projects such as OpenTitan or Caliptra.
• Familiarity with large-scale roots of trust deployments and the associated issues.
• Familiarity with operating systems, computer architecture, compilers, and embedded security.

About the Job

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started — and as a manager, you guide the way.

With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

In this role, you will lead the next generation of hardware and firmware security within and outside Google. This includes Caplitra, Open Titan, Open Root of Trust, and internal security hardware and firmware.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $365000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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.

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