Amazon SDE II - Multimedia Hardware Compute Group 

India, Karnataka 

93125629

External job description
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.We are seeking an Embedded Software Development Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure firmware solutions for our next-generation devices. In this role, you will be responsible for developing security protocols for device authentication and content protection, implementing cryptographic algorithms and security features in resource-constrained environments, and performing security threat modeling and risk assessments.You will work closely with customers, system architects, program managers, and hardware engineers to integrate your security firmware into our cutting-edge products like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo.To be successful in this role, you will need a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, along with 5+ years of embedded software development experience. Strong proficiency in C/C++, understanding of secure boot processes and chain of trust, and experience with cryptographic implementations are essential.Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement secure firmware solutions for device security, including developing authentication and content protection protocols
- Implement cryptographic algorithms and security features tailored for resource-constrained embedded environments
- Debug and maintain the security firmware stack to ensure compliance with security standards
- Perform security threat modeling and risk assessments to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities
- Review code for security vulnerabilities and adherence to security best practices
- Demonstrate strong proficiency in C/C++ programming and have a deep understanding of secure boot processes and the chain of trust
- Leverage experience with embedded Linux or Android platform development, as well as low-level firmware development (bootloaders, UEFI, etc.)
- Debug hardware interfaces like JTAG, UART, and SPI to enable secure device functionality
- Ideally, have exposure to ARM TrustZone architecture, Trusted Application development, and secure video/audio streaming to further enhance the security capabilities of the platform.

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Basic qualifications
- • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields
- • 3+ years as Application Engineering experience
- • 2+ years in embedded development preferably ARM systems
- • 5+ years programming experience in C/C++
- • Linux kernel and application development, and focus on stability, efficiency, and performance.
- • Knowledge of Android platform and development environment.
- • System scripting and building environment
- • Experience with embedded system concepts and hardware interfaces, such as, JTAG, UART, SPI, I2C, ROM, Microcode, Custom ASIC/FPGAs x86 and ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, Secure/Measured Boot, JTAG, PCIe)

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Preferred qualifications
- • Masters or PhD
- • Experience supporting shipping Android and Linux based IOT devices