Sr. Principal Firmware Security Architect

Ampere Computing LLC; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 226,000 - 339,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited Flextime

Job summary

Ampere Computing LLC in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Sr. Principal System Firmware Authentication Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and validation of secure system firmware for ARM-based server platforms.

This role focuses on firmware authentication, secure boot, cryptographic services, certificate management, device attestation, and trusted platform capabilities while collaborating with hardware, firmware, security, validation, ODM, and customer teams throughout the product

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in firmware, embedded software, platform security, or a related engineering discipline.
• Extensive and demonstrable expertise in C and C++ for embedded or systems software development.
• Deep experience with 32-bit and 64-bit ARM architecture, including ARM server platforms and system boot flows.
• Strong expertise in secure boot, firmware authentication, cryptography, platform security, hardware roots of trust, and trusted computing concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of X.509 certificates, certificate chains, certificate packaging, key management, signing workflows, and device identity.
• Hands-on experience with OpenSSL, mbedTLS, or comparable cryptographic libraries and security frameworks.
• Experience implementing or integrating device attestation, measured boot, remote attestation, or related platform-trust technologies.
• Strong understanding of firmware, BIOS/UEFI, Linux, and Windows software development and integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, development, and validation of secure system firmware for ARM-based servers.
• Define secure boot, firmware authentication, and cryptographic services.
• Coordinate with hardware, validation, ODM, and customer teams across product lifecycles.
• Drive testing strategies including unit, integration, and security testing.
• Deliver maintainable code and documentation for future platforms.

Skills

C/C++

ARM architecture

Secure boot

Firmware authentication

Cryptography

X.509 / certificate management

OpenSSL / mbedTLS

Python / Bash scripting

JTAG / TRACE32 / OpenOCD

Git / Jenkins / Jira

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

OpenOCD

TRACE32

JTAG

Git

Jenkins

Jira

Job description

Ampere Computing LLC in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Sr. Principal System Firmware Authentication Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and validation of secure system firmware for ARM-based server platforms.

This role focuses on firmware authentication, secure boot, cryptographic services, certificate management, device attestation, and trusted platform capabilities while collaborating with hardware, firmware, security, validation, ODM, and customer teams throughout the product