Platform Security Software Intern
Rivos
United States
October 22, 2025
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(US) Santa Clara CA, or Portland OR
Engineering – Platform Engineering (SW) /
Intern /
On-site
Responsibilities:
- Design of security extensions to system software components like Linux kernel, KVM and firmware.
- Developing software to aid in testing, fuzzing via emulation or simulation platforms with focus on positive and negative outcomes
Requirements:
- Software security expertise in open source software
- Relevant compiler or toolchain experience with security focus
- Familiarity with fuzzing harnesses to test system software for robustness and exploitability.
- Familiarity with mapping security primitives to low-level hardware interfaces, and impact on hardware-software codesign is a plus
- Familiarity with (RISC-V) assembly/C/C++/Rust is a plus
- Excellent skills in problem solving, written and verbal communication
- Highly self-motivated and able to work well in a team under aggressive schedules
Education:
- Typically enrolled in a Masters/Ph.D. program in CS/CE/EE
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