Job Title: Electrical Security Engineer IV
Job Location: Seattle, WA 98101
Job Duration: 12 Months Contract with an extension till 24 Months
Pay Rate: $100/hr to $106/hr
Job Description:
- Our client is seeking a seasoned Hardware Security Engineer to join a specialized, high-impact team focused on the physical integrity and privacy of next-generation consumer devices.
- As the client shifts toward an external manufacturing model, this team serves as the critical line of defense, ensuring that all third-party designs meet rigorous hardware security and privacy standards.
- This is a validation and assessment-focused role, not a design-heavy position. You will review schematics, analyze PCB layouts, and conduct hands-on lab testing on prototypes to identify vulnerabilities before they reach the consumer.
Core Responsibilities
Security Design Reviews: Evaluate schematic and PCB designs from external partners to identify potential security risks or "strange" defects.
Privacy Validation: Conduct rigorous testing of privacy-critical hardware behaviors, such as physical microphone cutoffs, isolation circuits, and secure boot sequences.
Hands-on Lab Testing: Utilize advanced lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters) to perform security-focused assessments on pre-production hardware.
Compliance & Quality: Sample manufactured products to ensure global suppliers are adhering to strict hardware security specifications.
Global Collaboration: Partner with internal security teams (including penetration testing units) and interface with engineering partners in the APAC region.
Documentation: Synthesize complex technical findings into clear reports for leadership and external stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
5+ Years of Experience: Proven background in hardware security, embedded systems security, or a closely related field.
Hardware Fundamentals: Strong ability to analyze circuit designs, PCB layouts, and electrical schematics.
Security Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of threat modeling, secure boot, and cryptographic implementations (RSA, AES, HMAC, PQC).
Manufacturing Security: Familiarity with secure production flows, secret provisioning, and secret handling during manufacturing.
Lab Proficiency: Extensive hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and soldering tools for hardware debugging or "hacking."
Communication: Ability to engage effectively with global suppliers and provide technical consultation across time zones.
Education: Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
Preferred Skills (Plusses)
Side-Channel Analysis: Knowledge of side-channel attacks and associated hardware countermeasures.
Advanced Security Protocols: Familiarity with JTAG/BDM interface security, anti-rollback mechanisms, and fault injection protection.
Programming: Proficiency in C, C++, or Rust for embedded systems.
Global Logistics: Experience working with external partners in the APAC region.
Security Clearances: Due to the nature of the facility and potential access to sensitive data, U.S. Person status is preferred.
What Success Looks Like:
- We are looking for a candidate who embodies a Bias for Action and a commitment to Delivering Results.
- The ideal engineer is someone who doesn't just understand the theory of security but enjoys the hands-on process of validating it.
Note: This role requires a dedicated hardware security background. Candidates with purely software, cloud, or general cybersecurity backgrounds without physical hardware lab experience will not be considered.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually as applicable.
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