Technical Program Manager, Platform Security & Firmware

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex platform security, privacy, and firmware programs across OS and hardware layers. You will plan requirements with internal customers and shepherd projects from inception to delivery, balancing security with product needs.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams including OS, firmware, and silicon partners, manage risk, and communicate findings to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in security engineering standards and practices, or managing security or privacy programs.
• Experience working with operating systems, firmware, or embedded software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-quarter roadmap for operating system security, privacy, and firmware, translating ambiguous requirements into structured programs with clear milestones, risk ratings, and exit criteria.
• Manage programs for the platform's boot and update stack including verified boot, over-the-air updates, and recovery while aligning release milestones and firmware readiness with external silicon vendors.
• Direct security and privacy launch approval processes for platform releases and new hardware form factors by coordinating privacy design reviews, audits, and legal alignment to ensure secure, on-time delivery.
• Guide vulnerability management and incident response initiatives from the OS level down to vendor firmware, tracking findings against severity-based SLOs and upstreaming patches to reduce measurable risk.
• Cultivate strategic cross-organizational partnerships to deliver platform capabilities like hardware-backed key management, while building scalable tooling (including AI-assisted workflows) and streamlining review processes to improve organizational efficiency.

Skills

Program management

Security engineering standards

Embedded software development teams

Cross-functional leadership

Platform security technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

U-Boot

UEFI

Android bootloaders

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex platform security, privacy, and firmware programs across OS and hardware layers. You will plan requirements with internal customers and shepherd projects from inception to delivery, balancing security with product needs.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams including OS, firmware, and silicon partners, manage risk, and communicate findings to executives.