Security Firmware Architect

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Security Firmware Architect in Canada

AMD
Full time
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Canada
11/01/2026
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Markham

Responsibilities

Define and drive security firmware architecture across AMD’s product portfolio.
Advance confidential computing and virtualization security technologies, including SEV-SNP, VM and tenant isolation, trusted I/O, memory encryption, and remote attestation.
Develop security architecture for AI workloads and agents, including hardware-rooted trust, attestation, isolation, authorization, and sensitive-data protection.
Lead threat modeling, security analysis, vulnerability assessment, CVSS scoring, and mitigation activities across hardware, firmware, and software.
Write architecture specifications for platform and firmware security features.
Engage customers and ecosystem partners to capture security requirements and create documentation and training materials.
Track security research and attacks and contribute to industry standards, publications, and conferences.
Innovate with AI-assisted engineering tooling and workflows for security analysis, review, and documentation.

Requirements

Multiple years of experience in platform, firmware, or product security architecture with ownership at system scope.
Experience with confidential computing and trusted execution environments such as AMD SEV-SNP, Intel TDX, or ARM CCA.
Deep understanding of CPU, GPU, and NPU subsystems; memory hierarchy and caches; DMA; I/O; and x86 or ARM security and virtualization extensions.
Experience with operating systems and virtualization, including Linux kernel and driver development, hypervisors, and containers.
Experience with hardware security modules, secure boot, root-of-trust implementations, secure firmware updates, and attestation protocols.
Familiarity with PCIe, CXL, TDISP, and IDE security features.
Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms, key hierarchies, and hardware and firmware key management.
Proficiency in C/C++ and ability to read AMD64 or ARM assembly.
Experience handling security vulnerabilities, including assessment, CVSS scoring, mitigations, and external communications.
Familiarity with security for on-device and data center AI workloads, GPU/NPU virtualization, agent identity, authorization, and isolation.
Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic development tooling in real engineering work.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

Benefits

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