Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SPAN is a mission-driven company designing products that electrify the built environment and reduce carbon emissions. They are seeking a Senior Embedded Security Engineer to influence the security of software across their hardware product line, focusing on building and deploying hardware security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop robust security infrastructure, including cryptographic services and other security-critical components
• Implement secure and authenticated boot flows to ensure device and firmware integrity from power-on
• Design and secure Over-the-Air (OTA) update systems, ensuring robust encryption, cryptographic signing, authentication, and anti-rollback protections for remote deployments
• Design and integrate security provisioning protocols into the factory manufacturing process
• Establish secure device identities and root-of-trust architectures utilizing onboard hardware security modules (HSMs/TPMs)
• Design and implement secure debug architectures to safeguard physical and logical interfaces (e.g., JTAG, SWD, UART) against unauthorized access and reverse engineering
• Harden Linux and POSIX-based operating systems to minimize attack surfaces and secure the software stack
• Rapidly prototype new security features, helping to identify vulnerabilities, design mitigations, and test continuous security improvements

Skills

• 6+ years of professional experience in hardware security, embedded systems engineering, or a closely related field
• Advanced hands-on experience configuring and deploying specialized security hardware, including TPMs and HSMs
• Strong programming proficiency in C/C++, Rust and Python for developing secure, high-performance software and automation tools
• Demonstrated experience designing, architecting, and implementing security solutions at the operating system level
• Core expertise in bare-metal embedded systems development and firmware security
• Familiarity with building and configuring custom Linux distributions using Yocto Linux

Benefits

• 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage.
• Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
• Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
• Employee Resource Groups
• Monthly social events
• SPANcakes recognition breakfast
• Lunch, and learns
• Flexible hours
• One holiday per month
• Flexible time off

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