Senior Firmware Engineer - Security

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Senior Firmware Engineer - Security in Others

Axiado
Full time
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09/17/2026
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Hyderābād, India

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, validate, and release low-level platform firmware.
Build firmware for system management, secure boot, platform security, device management, recovery, initialization, reset handling, and firmware updates.
Develop and debug low-level drivers for ARM-based SoCs and multicore architectures.
Perform system-level debugging using JTAG, logs, and crash or exception analysis.
Own features independently from requirements and design through implementation, integration, validation, and release.
Contribute to secure root of trust functionality, firmware authentication, signature verification, and OTP provisioning.
Collaborate with engineering stakeholders through communication, code reviews, unit testing, static analysis, and CI/CD processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
6–10 years of experience in embedded firmware or software development.
Strong proficiency in Embedded C, data structures, and low-level programming.
Hands-on experience with any RTOS; FreeRTOS experience is preferred.
Understanding of ARM-based SoCs and multicore architecture.
Experience developing and debugging low-level drivers.
Strong system-level debugging skills using JTAG, logs, and crash or exception analysis.
Experience with SPDM, PLDM, and MCTP protocols.
Experience with Caliptra and cryptographic or security APIs.
Experience with bootloaders and platform firmware, including initialization, boot flows, reset handling, recovery, and firmware-update mechanisms.
Understanding of firmware authentication, signature verification, and OTP provisioning.
Familiarity with Git, code reviews, unit testing, static analysis, and CI/CD.
Ability to independently own features through the full development lifecycle and collaborate with stakeholders.

Axiado

Axiado builds hardware-anchored platform security for servers and infrastructure, centered on its Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) processor with root-of-trust functions and AI-based threat detection. It sells security silicon, firmware, and reference platforms to server and network equipment m...

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