Platform Hardware Security Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Platform Hardware Security Engineer to join our team at Anthropic. You will design and implement security architectures for our bare-metal infrastructure, ensuring the integrity of our AI systems from the ground up.

About the Role

At Anthropic, our mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We are looking for an expert in low-level systems security to architect solutions that balance security requirements with the performance demands of training AI models across our massive fleet.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure boot chains from firmware through OS initialization for diverse hardware platforms (CPUs, BMCs, switches, peripherals, and embedded microcontrollers)
• Architect attestation systems that provide cryptographic proof of system state from hardware root of trust through application layer
• Develop measured boot implementations and runtime integrity monitoring
• Create reference architectures and security requirements for bare-metal deployments
• Integrate security controls with infrastructure teams without impacting training performance
• Prototype and validate security mechanisms before production deployment
• Conduct firmware vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
• Build firmware analysis pipelines for continuous security monitoring
• Document security architectures and maintain threat models
• Collaborate with software and hardware vendors to ensure security capabilities meet our requirements

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with secure boot, measured boot, and attestation technologies (TPM, Intel TXT, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone)
• Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols and hardware security modules
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS or embedded firmware security, bootloader hardening, and chain of trust implementation
• Proficiency in low-level programming (C, Rust, Assembly) and systems programming
• Knowledge of firmware vulnerability assessment and threat modeling
• Track record of designing security architectures for complex, distributed systems
• Experience with supply chain security
• Ability to work effectively across hardware and software boundaries
• Knowledge of NIST firmware security guidelines and hardware security frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems security, with at least 5 years focused on firmware and hardware security (firmware, bootloaders, and OS-level security)
• Experience with confidential computing technologies and hardware-based TEEs
• Knowledge of SLSA framework and software supply chain security standards
• Experience securing large-scale HPC or cloud infrastructure
• Contributions to open-source security projects (coreboot, CHIPSEC, etc.)
• Background in formal verification or security proof techniques
• Experience with silicon root of trust implementations
• Experience working with building foundational technical designs, operational leadership, and vendor collaboration
• Previous work with AI/ML infrastructure security

Compensation

The annual compensation range for this role is $320,000 - $405,000 USD.

About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

Locations

• San Francisco, CA
• New York City, NY
• Seattle, WA

Work Location Type

Hybrid

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If you are passionate about hardware security and want to make a significant impact on the future of AI, we encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. We value diverse perspectives and believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science.