Security Engineer

We are seeking a Hardware Security Engineer to join our dynamic team focused on device security and hardware validation. This role is essential in ensuring our products meet the highest security standards through comprehensive requirement verification, security assessment, and implementation oversight. You will work at the intersection of hardware design, security engineering, and manufacturing processes to deliver secure, reliable products to millions of customers worldwide.

• This Hardware Security Engineering role focuses on verifying and validating security across the entire hardware lifecycle for devices.
• You will evaluate System-on-a-Chip (SoC) security features including secure boot implementation, fault injection protection, secure key storage, anti-rollback mechanisms, cryptographic key management, and debug interface restrictions.
• You will be responsible for performing code reviews and identifying weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
• You will also interface directly with manufacturers and will work with them to review security requirement compliance evidence and will help them mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Success in this position requires partnering with multiple stakeholders to accomplish these tasks.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in hardware security, embedded systems security, or similar
• Experience programming in at least one modern language such as C, C++, or Rust
• Strong knowledge of secure boot implementations, cryptography (RSA, AES, HMAC, PQC), and hardware security architectures (e.g. ARM Trust Zone or Intel SGX)
• Knowledge of debug interface security (JTAG, BDM), anti-rollback mechanisms, and fault injection protection
• Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
• Experience with hardware security testing tools and methodologies
• Secure boot implementation for embedded systems, Systems on a Chip (SoC), and processors
• Cryptography
• Experience in programming language, C or C++

• Master's degree in relevant technical field or equivalent advanced experience
• Experience with DRM implementations and content protection systems
• Experience designing or reviewing RTL designs in VHDL or Ver
• Knowledge of side-channel attack analysis and associated countermeasures
• Hands-on experience testing, debugging, or hacking hardware using common electronics test equipment
• Experience with penetration testing or hacking consumer electronic devices
• Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
• Experience designing, testing, and analyzing circuit designs and PCB layouts

• Bias for action and deliver results
• Qwnership

• 5+ years ideally- HM is hiring for 2 roles, slightly different and wants the total number of years experience to equate to 10 years between the 2 hires

• NOT looking for cyber security or network security- if this is the only relevant experience, will be DQ

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field