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# Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** Density AI, Inc.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Booting (BIOS), Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Firmware, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Key Management, Real-Time Operating Systems, Data Logging, Extensible Firmware Interface, Bare Metal, U-Boot
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5833009237

## About the Role

* Strong C and assembly for embedded/firmware; bare-metal or RTOS on ARM (or similar)
 * 5+ years developing platform/system firmware - boot, BMC/embedded controllers, and device firmware
 * Hands-on with secure boot / hardware root of trust, code signing, and secure/anti-rollback update
 * Power-management firmware - power sequencing, PMIC/voltage regulators, DVFS, and thermal/power telemetry
 * Platform monitoring & debug - sensor/telemetry, RAS/error handling, JTAG/debug, and management interfaces
 * Comfort at the HW/SW boundary - reading datasheets/specs, lab bring-up, scopes/logic analyzers
 * (Optional) Rust for firmware/embedded development; OpenBMC, UEFI/coreboot; accelerator/GPU/server firmware; applied crypto & key management; TEE (TrustZone); side-channel/fault-injection awareness; standards (NIST SP 800-193, FIPS 140-3); SBOM/supply-chain security

## Description

Own the platform firmware that brings our AI accelerator systems to life and keeps them secure, healthy, and observable - from secure boot and the hardware root of trust, through embedded-controller/BMC and device firmware, to power management, telemetry, and the debug infrastructure that keeps the platform running at scale.
What You'll Do

 * Platform firmware - develop firmware across the stack: boot ROM/bootloaders, embedded controllers / BMC, and device firmware for our accelerator silicon and systems
 * Secure boot & root of trust - measured/verified boot, code signing and chain-of-trust, authenticated firmware update (anti-rollback), and secure debug
 * Power management - power sequencing, PMIC/voltage-rail control, DVFS, and power/thermal protection and budgeting
 * Monitoring & telemetry - sensors, health/RAS, error logging, and platform management/observability interfaces
 * Debug & bring-up - JTAG/scan and debug infrastructure; board and post-silicon bring-up
 * Partner with silicon/architecture, hardware/board, and software teams on firmware interfaces, threat modeling, and HW/SW co-design
 * Assisted tool flows to accelerate development and review


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