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Cerebras Systems - Hardware / Low Level Security Engineer

Remote - California, United States; Sunnyvale CA or Toronto Canada3d ago

Remote NA Cybersecurity Logistics Security Engineer Rust Go Linux

Requirements

• Background in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering with career focus in Cybersecurity. • Deep familiarity with the Linux kernel — including kernel modules, syscall interface, namespaces, cgroups, eBPF, and LSM. • Hands-on experience with firmware, UEFI, secure boot, TPM, and platform integrity tooling. • Strong proficiency in C and a modern systems language (Rust, Go, or similar), with the ability to read and write production kernel code. • Familiarity with hardware-level isolation primitives (e.g., IOMMU, SR-IOV, confidential computing); exposure to non-standard compute architectures a plus. • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to make low-level security concepts approachable for non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Partner with platform, infrastructure, and hardware teams to embed security controls from physical hardware through runtime. • Design and implement security hardening across the Linux kernel, bootloader, firmware, and host OS layers of Cerebras compute platforms. • Drive secure boot, measured boot, and attestation strategies across our infrastructure, from the wafer-scale system to supporting host nodes. • Conduct deep security reviews of kernel modules, drivers, and low-level system components — identifying and remediating memory safety, privilege escalation, and isolation issues. • Develop kernel-level monitoring and telemetry (e.g., eBPF) to enable detection of low-level attacker behavior. • Stay ahead of emerging kernel CVEs, supply chain risks, and hardware-level threats — driving response and remediation across the fleet. • Document low-level security posture, threat models, and remediation playbooks in clear, accessible language.

Benefits

• People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras: • Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU. • Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research. • Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world. • Enjoy job stability with startup vitality. • Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs. • Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2026.