ALSO.
Staff Firmware Engineer, Platform Security
$200K–$240K
Palo Alto · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in embedded software/firmware development.
- Education
- BS in an engineering discipline; Computer Science or Electrical Engineering preferred. MS or equivalent depth is a plus.
About the job
Sets technical direction and delivers the firmware security architecture protecting ALSO’s vehicle ECUs, from secure boot and key management to network integrity and trusted OTA updates.
What you'll do
- Architect secure boot, root of trust, key lifecycle, network protections, and end-to-end OTA trust across vehicle platforms.
- Build reusable security frameworks and integrate signing, verification, and security checks into CI and release workflows.
- Lead threat modeling, validation, security reviews, and cross-functional alignment; mentor engineers and guide platform-wide adoption.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in embedded software/firmware development, with deep ownership of secure boot, cryptography, or vehicle/IoT security architecture and a record of setting direction across multiple ECUs or products.
- BS in an engineering discipline.
- Hands-on embedded cryptography expertise, including key provisioning, OTP/fuse programming, and production use of HSMs or secure elements.
- Experience shipping secure boot chains, bootloaders, signed firmware images, and OTA trust models; expert-level C/C++ on bare-metal or RTOS.
Nice to have
- Vehicle or industrial network security experience, including CAN/CAN-FD, authenticated messaging, or secure diagnostics.
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing and emulation experience.
Pay
$200,000 - $240,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AES, ECC/RSA, HMAC, CAN/CAN-FD, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX, JTAG/SWD
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