ALTEN Technology
Embedded Linux Security Engineer
$150K–$160K
Foster City, California, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- Foster City, California, United States
Irvine, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years in Embedded Linux development, board bring-up, and BSP customization; 3+ years of dedicated hands-on device-security deployment in production hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
About the job
Implements security architecture and automation to harden an embedded Linux platform and securely provision devices for production.
What you'll do
- Design and implement secure boot and hardware root-of-trust architecture, storage integrity and encryption, and trusted execution environments.
- Enforce user-space isolation and build automated signing pipelines for boot, kernel, and OTA components.
- Support secure manufacturing provisioning and testing, and design resilient boot recovery layouts.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of embedded Linux development, board bring-up, and BSP customization; 3+ years deploying device-level security features in production hardware.
- Experience with bootloaders, Linux storage/security subsystems, ARM TrustZone, SELinux/AppArmor, and Linux containment tools.
- Proficiency with Yocto Project or Buildroot, advanced C, and Python or Bash scripting.
Nice to have
- Cryptography, PKI, and hands-on HSM experience.
- Factory secure key-injection or fuse-burning experience, embedded container runtimes, or anti-rollback protection.
Pay
$150-160k; $150,000 - 160,000 (base salary)
Tools
Embedded Linux, U-Boot Verified Boot, Barebox, dm-crypt, dm-verity, ARM TrustZone, SELinux, Yocto Project
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