Senior Platform Security Engineer

Lorien; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Platform Security Engineer to design and implement advanced security for automotive platforms. The role focuses on hardware- and firmware-backed security, trust at boot, and protection of vehicle access across hardware and software layers.

You'll collaborate with hardware, embedded software, and product teams to deliver proofs of concept and scalable defenses, from concept through deployment, for a 6-month contract with possible extension.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science or engineering.
• 6-8+ years of engineering experience in related domains.
• Strong background in firmware/embedded software near hardware.
• Deep understanding of secure boot, root of trust, and TEEs.
• Proficiency in C and C++ development.
• Experience with microcontrollers, SoCs, and security-focused hardware.
• Knowledge of cryptography, authentication, and secure provisioning.
• Experience designing security for automotive or connected devices.
• Familiarity with bootloaders, embedded Linux, and platform init.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop security technologies for vehicle access.
• Create security solutions from hardware to firmware levels.
• Drive projects from concept to deployment and validation.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded software, and product teams.
• Design platform capabilities for device identity, trusted execution, and cryptography.
• Investigate attack methods and develop defenses for vehicle systems.
• Evaluate bypass, clone, replay, or manipulation risks and countermeasures.
• Develop PoC solutions and advanced prototypes for automotive security.
• Contribute to long-term platform security architecture decisions.
• Tackle complex challenges at hardware-software-cryptography intersection.

Skills

C and C++ development

Firmware development

Embedded software

Security concepts

Cryptography knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline

Tools

Embedded Linux

Cryptography libraries

Job description

Senior Platform Security Engineer (BBBH2325622) Plano, Texas

Salary: USD75 - USD85 per hour

Title: Senior Platform Security Engineer
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Pay: $75.00-85.00/hour, depends on experience level
Type: 6 month contract with ability to extend

Job Duties

• Research, design, and develop next-generation technologies that strengthen vehicle access security and prevent theft, unauthorized use, and system compromise.
• Create security solutions that establish trust at the lowest levels of the platform, beginning with hardware and firmware.
• Drive projects from concept and experimentation through prototyping, validation, production implementation, and deployment.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded software, systems, and product engineering teams to transform security concepts into real-world solutions.
• Design and develop secure platform capabilities involving device identity, trusted execution, authentication, cryptography, and hardware-backed security.
• Investigate emerging attack techniques targeting connected and electronic vehicle systems and develop new defenses.
• Evaluate how attackers might bypass, clone, replay, emulate, or manipulate vehicle access technologies and develop effective countermeasures.
• Develop proof-of-concept solutions and advanced prototypes that advance automotive security.
• Contribute to platform architecture decisions that shape the long-term security of future vehicle products.
• Solve complex technical challenges at the intersection of hardware, firmware, cryptography, and embedded systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or other relevant technical discipline
• 6-8+ years of overall related engineering experience
• Strong background developing firmware, embedded software, platform software, or other low-level systems that operate close to hardware.
• Deep understanding of secure boot, root of trust, chain of trust, trusted execution environments, device identity, and hardware-backed security concepts.
• Proficiency in C and C++ development.
• Experience working with microcontrollers, SoCs, embedded processors, silicon platforms, or security-focused hardware architectures.
• Knowledge of cryptography, authentication protocols, key management, secure provisioning, and secure communications.
• Experience designing security solutions for automotive systems, connected devices, IoT products, wireless technologies, cellular platforms, or telecommunications equipment.
• Familiarity with bootloaders, firmware architecture, embedded Linux, operating system startup processes, and platform initialization.
• Ability to think like an attacker and identify how physical or logical access systems could be bypassed, cloned, spoofed, or manipulated.
• Experience conducting technical research, developing prototypes, and translating new ideas into deployable, scalable solutions.