Senior Security Firmware Engineer – Open Titan RoT product

Nuvoton; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuvoton Technology Corporation America, based in Austin, Texas, is seeking an experienced RT/Embedded Firmware Developer to join our team, developing software infrastructure and open-source contributions for our RoT chips.

You'll design and maintain embedded firmware, drivers, crypto libraries, and boot loaders, collaborate with hardware, software, and security teams, provide customer support, and participate in open-source activities to advance secure computing for PC, servers, and cellular

Qualifications

• 5+ years of RT/embedded firmware experience including drivers and boot loaders.
• Strong proficiency in C programming.
• Experience with bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Knowledge of cryptography and secure coding preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded firmware and provisioning solutions for RoT chips.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and security teams to deliver secure solutions.
• Support certification processes.
• Maintain and enhance firmware, drivers, and boot loaders.
• Participate in design reviews, debugging, and system integration.
• Support customers in bringing up boards and debugging issues.
• Contribute to open-source projects with the community.

Skills

C programming

RTOS environments

Bare-metal programming

Open-source development

Rust

Go

Cryptography knowledge

Hardware debugging tools

Education

BSc in Computer Science / Computer Engineering

MSc or PhD (advantage)

Tools

FreeRTOS

ThreadX

Zephyr

HW debugger

Oscilloscope

Logic analyser

Job description

Description

Embedded Firmware Engineer (Open-Titan) - Job Description:

Nuvoton Technology Corporation America, based in Austin Texas, is seeking an experienced RT/Embedded Firmware Developer to join our team, developing and maintaining software infrastructure and open-source contributions for our RoT (Root Of Trust) chip.

As part of our multi-disciplinary group, you’ll help shape and maintain innovative embedded and security solutions for the PC, Servers and cellular markets and contribute to products at the technological forefront.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded firmware, infrastructures and provisioning solution for Nuvoton’s RoT chips.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and security teams to deliver robust and secure solutions.
• Support certification processes.
• Maintain and enhance existing firmware, drivers, crypto libraries and boot loaders.
• Participate in design & code reviews, debugging, and system integration.
• Support customers to develop new features, bring up new boards and debug issues
• Collaborate with community and customers on open-source projects
• SW knowledge focal point for technical engagements

Requirements

• BSc in Computer Science / Computer Engineering
• Advanced degrees (MSc or PhD) – Advantage
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in RT/Embedded firmware, driver, and boot loader development
• Strong proficiency in C programming
• Hands-on experience with bare-metal and/or RTOS environments (e.g., FreeRTOS, ThreadX or Zephyr)
• Experience with open-source software development and maintenance
• Rust and Go knowledge – Advantage
• Experience working with customers - Advantage
• Knowledge of cryptography and secure coding – Advantage
• Experience with hardware debugging tools (e.g., HW debugger, oscilloscope, logic analyzer) – Advantage
• Familiarity with security standardization bodies – Advantage
• Independent, ability to quickly learn new technologies and drive execution