Software Design Engineer Hardware Security

Who is Blueprint

What does Blueprint do

Blueprint helps organizations unlock value from existing assets byleveragingcutting-edgetechnology to createadditionalrevenue streams and new lines of business. We connect strategy business solutions products and services to transform and grow companies.

Why Blueprint

At Blueprint we believe in the power of possibility and are passionate about bringing it to you join our bustling product division our multifaceted services team or you want to grow your career in human resources your ability to make an impact is amplified when you join one of our on solving unique business problems while gaining hands-on experience with the worlds best technology. We believe in unique perspectives and build teams of people with diverse skillsets and Blueprint youll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients and teams such as data science and product development all while learning growing and developing new guarantee youwontfind a better place to work and thrive than at Blueprint.

In This Role

In this role you will contribute to the design and development of next-generation security features for Windows-based laptop devices. You will work close to the hardwaresoftware boundary focusing on platform security technologies such as secure boot trusted platform components firmware and cryptographic systems. The work directly impacts device trust system integrity and protection against sophisticated security threats across modern client devices.

Responsibilities

• Design develop and enhance sophisticated system-level software related to device and platform security

• Contribute to next-generation hardware security features including secure boot chains trusted execution and platform trust mechanisms

• Develop and maintain low-level Windows software including firmware-adjacent components and drivers

• Implement and optimize encryption and decryption solutions used in secure device operations

• Analyze system requirements and translate security specifications into reliable software implementations

• Review and assess enhancement requests security specifications and design proposals

• Prepare detailed technical documentation software specifications and test plans

• Write high-quality performant code and develop test data to validate functionality and security guarantees

• Modify and refactor existing systems to meet evolving security standards and platform requirements

• Perform in-depth unit testing debugging and troubleshooting across new and legacy systems

• Support system integration migration validation and post-implementation verification

• Participate in quality assurance reviews and resolve issues discovered during testing cycles

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related technical field

• 57 years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including data structures algorithms and software design

• 5 years of experience in hardware and platform security concepts such as trusted platform components secure boot and device trust

• 5 years of hands-on experience developing encryption and decryption software

• 5 years of experience working with low-level Windows technologies including firmware boot processes and drivers

• Experience designing and developing large-scale or system-level software

• Proven ability to perform deep troubleshooting debugging and unit testing in production environments

• Strong problem-solving skills with experience diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience specifically focused on hardware-rooted security or device platform security

• Deep familiarity with firmware-level development and hardware-software interaction

• Experience working on trusted boot chains security processors or similar trusted execution environments

• Background in secure system architecture or threat modeling for low-level systems

• Experience contributing to security-critical software used at scale

Salary Range

Pay ranges vary based on multiple factors including without limitation skill sets education responsibilities experience and geographical market. The pay range for this position reflects geographic based ranges for Washington state: $105000- $115000 USD annually. The salary/wage and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidates qualifications and experience and may be outside this range.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Blueprint Technologies LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race color age disability sex gender identity or expression orientation veteran/military status religion national origin ancestry marital or familial status genetic information citizenship or any other status protected by law.

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Blueprint believe in the importance of a healthy and happy team which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Medical dental and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401k program
• Competitive PTO offerings
• Parental Leave
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

Location: Hybrid 3-4 days per week in Redmond WA