Systems Software Engineer, Security, First Party Hardware

Skills

About the Role

You will own the security foundation for OpenAI's first-party AI hardware, defining and delivering system-level device trust including boot integrity, device identity, provisioning, attestation, management-plane security, and firmware update and recovery. You'll turn threat models into requirements, implementation, and validation evidence supporting launch decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in hardware, embedded, firmware, or platform security
• Experience shipping or securing real hardware platforms, BMCs, bootloaders, BIOS/UEFI, RTOS, or firmware update systems
• Deep familiarity with secure boot, measured boot, TPMs, roots of trust, attestation, key provisioning
• Strong applied cryptography judgment
• Ability to read and write C, C++, or Rust
• Comfort with SPI, I2C, SMBus, PCIe, UART, JTAG, SWD, GPIOs, TPMs
• Track record driving security improvements across teams
• Experience owning broad security programs end to end
• Clear written and verbal communication
• May need to meet legal status requirements under U.S. export control laws

Responsibilities

• Own security requirements, threat models, validation strategy, and launch-readiness evidence for hardware platforms
• Design and review secure boot, measured boot, roots of trust, firmware signing, recovery, and anti-rollback strategies
• Own device identity, provisioning, enrollment, attestation, certificate lifecycle, and key management
• Harden management interfaces across BMCs, hosts, accelerators, switches, including TLS/mTLS, Redfish, gNMI, SSH, syslog
• Drive security requirements for manufacturing, supply chain, signing, storage encryption, RMA, and decommissioning
• Build and drive validation for debug lockout, lifecycle transitions, update paths, and attestation
• Partner with vendors and contract manufacturers on security deliverables and launch gates
• Drive end-to-end closure including incident response
• Investigate hardware and firmware security issues and drive durable fixes

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
• Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days for non-exempt
• 13+ paid company holidays and coordinated office closures, plus paid sick time
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
• Relocation support
• Performance-related bonus for eligible employees
• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends