Senior Firmware Engineer, Cisco Meraki
Security
$157.4-222.2k
Cloud-based network platform
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Cloud-based network platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$157.4-222.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify technology so passionate people can focus on their mission.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience programming in C or C++
- Minimum of 4 years of experience with software development focused on hardware security
- Familiarity with Yocto build systems, Jenkins automation, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes
- A good understanding of Unix-based OS and network fundamentals
- Experience with integrating Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and implementing Secure Boot
- Understanding of common serial bus protocols like I2C, SPI, and LPC
- Comfortable using network protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, hardware debuggers, and source-level debuggers to troubleshoot problems at all layers of the stack
- Capability to read and advise on board-level designs, schematics, and layouts
- Skills in reworking boards and soldering, such as handling SMT components
- Experience in building and modifying boot-loaders and device drivers
- Familiarity with hardware security techniques and technologies, such as TrustZone, crypto modules, hardware root of trust, and anti-tampering measures
- Experience interacting with software and hardware components using OpenSSL for cryptographic operations and secure communications
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Desirable
- Proficiency in writing and implementing limited data hygiene practices on devices, ensuring compliance with best data security and integrity practices
- Interests with CPLDs and FPGAs programming and debugging
- Experience writing device drivers
- Familiarity with Assembly or Python programming
- Interests in hardware hacking, reverse engineering, and information security
- Delight in breaking things to uncover security vulnerabilities
What the job involves
- As a member of the hardware security team, you will have a substantial impact on the security of millions of Meraki users all around the world
- You will also take help in building new Meraki products by integrating everything from boot-loaders to kernels on prototype hardware. Our device firmware is built on Linux and open-source software. We work individually and in small teams to release several new products each year
- Collaborate with our Hardware Engineering and Cisco Security teams on component selection related to secure boot and roots of trust
- Develop and maintain software for security chips, including Linux device drivers and cloud authentication mechanisms to protect against hardware system attacks
- Design and implement secure hardware architectures
- Troubleshoot at the hardware and software level when challenges arise
- Collaborate with various Engineers across product teams to improve firmware design, development, and deployment practices
- Work with manufacturing teams to ensure security is maintained throughout the production process
- Stay up-to-date on the latest emerging hardware security threats and technologies
Application process
- Application window has been extended and expected to close on 1/29/2025
Our take
Cisco Meraki, formed from the acquisition of Meraki by Cisco in 2012, is an industry-leading cloud-managed IT company. Its technology provides unified management of mobile devices, Macs, PCs, and entire networks, all from a centralised dashboard.
Originally founded in 2006, Meraki's transformation to Cisco Meraki allowed it to reach more than 2 million active networks, and over 7 million devices globally, on top of gaining the strength of Cisco’s resources. The company has kept pace with the rise of hybrid workforces and multi-cloud environments with its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering, which bridges networking and security so that workers have seamless, secure access wherever they are working from.
Operating in a growing industry, there is plenty of opportunity for Cisco Meraki to expand its operations, and to further develop its offerings. The company supports a range of clients, encompassing roughly 75% of Fortune 500 companies, and including names such as Audi, Applebee's, and Colliers International.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2012
$40m
SERIES D
Feb 2011
$15m
SERIES C
Total funding: $80m
Company values
- Simplify everything - We simplify complex problems to make it easy for people to work with us and to work with each other.
- Care deeply - We care about what matters for our users, our partners and our colleagues. We focus on building meaningful relationships and creating great partnerships.
- Everybody in - We are a team that works as one toward our goals. We listen to each other, share ideas, and invite different opinions. Everybody is accepted and valued here.
- Be brave - We push boundaries and experiment. We learn from our experiences and failures and help each other grow. We have the grit to get the job done and we are never done getting better.
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brett Hull
(Head of Engineering (Not Founder))Previously Research Associate and Postdoctoral Associate at MIT and Software Development Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Cisco Meraki
Jessica Gilbert (Head of Inclusion and Collaboration)
- We take pride in our supportive, inclusive community and work environment. Every Merakian is welcome to join our employee resource groups - Women of Meraki, Latinx, Mosaic, CAAN, and QFAM to name a few.
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