Base Power Company · 1 month ago
Embedded Security Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelBase Power Company is America’s next-generation power company focused on transforming the electricity grid through distributed batteries. The Embedded Security Engineer will be responsible for securing software, firmware, and hardware for distributed energy systems, defining security architecture, and ensuring resilience against attacks.
BatteryElectrical DistributionEnergyEnergy ManagementEnergy StorageIndustrialPower Grid
Responsibilities
Design and implement security architecture for embedded devices and hardware systems used in Base’s distributed energy network
Develop secure boot, firmware signing, update integrity, and hardware root of trust mechanisms
Protect device identity, authentication, authorization, and key lifecycle management on physical hardware
Harden firmware and embedded Linux environments against exploitation, tampering, and unauthorized modification
Conduct threat modeling, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments on device level hardware and communication protocols
Analyze and secure industrial communication interfaces including CAN, Modbus, serial, Ethernet, and wireless interfaces
Implement secure communication between devices and cloud or control plane services using mutual TLS, certificate rotation, and encrypted channels
Work with hardware and manufacturing teams to define secure provisioning, device enrollment, and supply chain security processes
Investigate device failures or anomalous behavior and lead root cause analysis for potential security related events
Define and document best practices for embedded security, operational procedures, and long term systems hardening
Qualification
Required
Strong experience in embedded systems, firmware engineering, or hardware security
Deep understanding of secure boot, firmware signing, key storage, and hardware root of trust implementations
Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, or bare metal firmware
Knowledge of cryptography fundamentals, secure communication protocols, and identity or authentication systems
Hands on experience with debugging tools, lab hardware, oscilloscopes, and JTAG or SWD interfaces
Familiarity with industrial or field device security, especially in IoT, robotics, energy systems, or other distributed physical systems
Ability to analyze attack surfaces across hardware, firmware, and communication layers
Strong ability to collaborate across hardware, embedded, backend, and operations teams
Comfortable making foundational architectural decisions in a small, fast moving engineering team
Company
Base Power Company
Base is building the future of American power. The grid is the largest, most complex machine in the world.
Founded in 2023
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.27BKey Investors
AdditionThrive Capital
2025-10-08Series C· $1B
2025-04-09Series B· $200M
2024-05-07Series A· $68M
Leadership Team
Zachary Dell
Co-Founder and CEO
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