Senior Staff Software Engineer - Secure Manufacturing

Job description

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further. # About the Role We’re scaling from prototypes to manufacturing, and the process maturity needs to match. This role owns the secure manufacturing pipeline — the procedures, tooling, and controls that take a bare board in an untrusted CM facility and turn it into a cryptographically enrolled, OTA-ready device that our cloud fleet trusts. You’ll be the bridge between our secure boot/firmware teams and the cloud control plane, connecting them at the point of manufacture. # What You'll Do - **Design the secure manufacturing station** — Architect the hardware, software, and network stack (HSM, key injection, AWS Private CA) for factory floor provisioning stations. Integrate the secure boot fuse/flashing flow from our secure boot/firmware team. - **Build the provisioning toolchain** — Own the automation pipeline that takes a bare device through identity provisioning, enrollment, firmware flashing, calibration, and functional test. - **Bridge device and cloud identity** Enroll every device into a registry with correct credentials for OTA, session heartbeating, and deployment tracking. - **Own the End-Of-Line (EOL) test framework** — Work with globally distributed teams to define pass/fail criteria for devices leaving the line: sensor calibration, actuator checks, and initial OTA health check. - **Work with contract manufacturers** —Translate security requirements into CM-executable procedures; threat-model the factory for key leakage, firmware tampering, and supply chain substitution. - **Maintain chain of custody** — Link each physical serial number to its provisioned identity, calibration records, test results, and firmware version at manufacture. - **Collaborate across teams** — Work daily with a globally distributed team of firmware, cloud, manufacturing, systems and operational team members. # What We're Looking For - **10+ years of experience** which includes manufacturing engineering, with a comparable depth of experience developing test tools and frameworks. Plus experience working with networking in a manufacturing environment, and time focused on secure device provisioning and/or secure manufacturing processes. Ideally 3 years at a Staff level or equivalent. - **PKI and device identity** — Experience with X.509 certificate lifecycles, mTLS, device authentication and attestation, and managed CA services like AWS Private CA. - **AWS infrastructure** — S3, IAM, ECS, KMS, CloudHSM and Secrets Manager for secure provisioning workflows. - **EOL test and calibration** — Hands-on experience defining manufacturing test frameworks, experience with hardware test fixtures. - **Scripting and automation** — Advanced skills in Python or Bash for developing production-grade provisioning toolchains. - Advanced skills and understanding of Rust, Bazel, Systemd - **Embedded Linux systems** — Experience with NVIDIA Jetson Orin/Thor platforms. - **Secure manufacturing design** — Ability to design secure processes for untrusted or semi-trusted offshore CMs and air-gapped station design. - Experience managing quality gates with contract manufacturers - **Hardware root of trust understanding** — General understanding of secure boot chains, TPM/TrustZone, cryptographic key injection, certificate provisioning, and eFuse programming. # What We Offer - Comprehensive health coverage for US‑based employees, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, with virtual care and employee assistance resources. - Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of PTO (accrued), separate sick leave, and paid company holidays. - 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. - Equity included–we believe builders should share in what they build. - Free daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in‑office. - Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. - Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives. *For this role in California, the expected base salary range is $260,000–$320,000 USD per year; your placement in that range depends on how your experience maps to our internal leveling.*