Hardware Security Engineer, New Grad (2027)
Contribute to building secure AI systems as a Hardware Security Engineer intern at Together AI.
Posted by employer 14 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 54 minutes ago
Last verified on the company career page 54 minutes ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design, prototype, and implement security solutions for AI infrastructure
- Assess and improve the security posture of server and accelerator platforms
- Support the secure platform lifecycle
- Build automation and internal tools
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies
Must have
- Actively pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Foundational understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, networking, embedded systems, digital logic, or electronics
- Strong programming skills with a proficiency in Python or bash
Nice to have
- Prior security engineering experience through internships, hackathons, or projects
- Coursework, projects, research, or internship experience in hardware security
- Experience with Microcontrollers, FPGA development, board bring-up, JTAG/SWD debugging
AI in the day-to-day
Building AI-assisted security applications for asset classification and anomaly detection.
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Hardware Security Engineer, the new graduate will focus on designing and implementing security solutions for AI infrastructure, ensuring the protection of hardware and software systems. Key skills include programming in Python or Bash and a foundational understanding of computer architecture and networking. This position is ideal for recent graduates pursuing degrees in relevant fields, particularly those with some exposure to security engineering through internships or projects. Together AI emphasizes collaboration across teams to enhance security practices and innovate in AI-assisted applications.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 16, 2026. Last confirmed on Together AI's careers page October 16, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Together AI lists $140,000–$150,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Cloud Services, Embedded Systems, Python, bash, hardware security.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Together AI targets intern candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Internship for this Hardware Security Engineer, New Grad (2027) role at Together AI.
From the original posting
About the Role
As a Hardware Security Engineer, you’ll contribute to building open, transparent, and secure AI systems. You’ll have the opportunity to work on projects that safeguard corporate assets by implementing and operating preventative and reactive security controls while collaborating with teams and stakeholders across the company. We’re looking for an intern that is interested in building AI-assisted security apps.
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, and implement security solutions for AI infrastructure across hardware, firmware, operating systems, and cloud services, including BMCs, TPMs, secure boot chains, networking interfaces, and workload identity systems.
- Assess and improve the security posture of server and accelerator platforms, including firmware update processes, device identity, trusted execution, and hardware-backed cryptography.
- Support the secure platform lifecycle, from device onboarding, provisioning, and inventory through configuration validation and decommissioning.
- Build automation and internal tools in Python, Bash, or similar languages to collect platform telemetry, detect configuration drift, and support incident investigation.
- Build AI-assisted security applications for asset classification, anomaly detection, and detection-and-response workflows.
- Partner with IT and infrastructure teams to implement and enforce identity, access-control, endpoint, and privileged-access security practices.
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies such as confidential computing, remote attestation, hardware roots of trust, and secure device management.
- Write clean, well-documented code, technical designs, test plans, and security findings.
Requirements
- Actively pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field expected by Summer 2027
- Foundational understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, networking, embedded systems, digital logic, or electronics
- Strong programming skills with a proficiency in Python or bash
- Exposure to building AI-assisted applications
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior security engineering experience through internships, hackathons, or projects
- Coursework, projects, research, or internship experience in hardware security, embedded security, platform security, computer architecture, or secure systems design
- Experience with one or more of the following: Microcontrollers, FPGA development, board bring-up, JTAG/SWD debugging, serial interfaces, SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, or Ethernet
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance and other competitive benefits. The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $140,000 - $150,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.
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