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Senior Confidential AI Engineer

Hybrid in Barcelona·Full-time·Added 19 days ago

Openchip

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Overview

Job details

Permanent contract
Full-time hours.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

Have the right to work in Spain
Openchip doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid) for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 7+ years of experience
Senior-level role.
University degree
“Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.” — per the ad.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

· Join an innovative team and experience company growth.

· We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.

· Enjoy a hybrid work environment with flexible schedule.

· Role based in Barcelona

· We offer a remuneration that values your experience.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Requirements

What we're looking for

We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex systems problems and building technology that matters.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in systems software, platform security, AI infrastructure, or related domains.
Strong understanding of computer architecture (CPU, memory hierarchy, cache, buses, virtualization).
Expertise in at least two of the following:
- Confidential Computing and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE, Confidential Containers, Kata Containers, Confidential VMs)
- Remote Attestation technologies (RATS, Trustee, KBS, DICE, SPDM, TDISP, PCIe IDE)
- AI inference platforms (vLLM, KServe, or similar)
- Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native security, and confidential workload orchestration
- Trusted device communication and hardware security technologies

Nice to have

Contributions to open-source Confidential Computing or AI Infrastructure projects.
Experience with production-scale AI serving platforms.
GPU acceleration and Confidential GPU technologies.
Secure software supply chain (SLSA, in-toto, SBOM).
AI governance and Secure AI standards.
Experience with heterogeneous computing (CPU, GPU, AI accelerators).

The role

What if the next breakthrough in AI wasn't just faster, but fundamentally more trusted?

At Openchip, we're building the secure computing platforms that will power the next generation of AI. If you're passionate about Confidential Computing, Trusted Execution Environments, AI infrastructure, and hardware/software co-design, this is your opportunity to shape technology that protects AI models, data, and workloads at scale.

As a Senior Secure AI Engineer, you'll be at the intersection of AI, security, cloud-native technologies, and next-generation silicon, designing solutions that make confidential AI a reality.

What you'll do

You'll take ownership of key technologies that enable secure AI execution from silicon to cloud.

Design and develop Confidential AI solutions for trusted execution environments.
Build secure mechanisms including remote attestation, model attestation, secure provisioning, and policy-based key release.
Develop technologies that guarantee AI model integrity, provenance, signing, verification, and protection.
Integrate Confidential AI capabilities into cloud-native AI platforms, Kubernetes environments, and on-premises deployments.
Collaborate with architecture, silicon, platform security, and AI runtime teams to define the future of trusted AI platforms through hardware/software co-design.
Contribute to open-source technologies and engineering excellence through code reviews, technical design, documentation, and continuous improvement.

About Openchip

Openchip is a Barcelona-based semiconductor startup focused on designing advanced RISC-V processors and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for high-performance computing, AI, and data center applications. The company is building a team of engineers to develop open, customizable silicon that challenges established players in the industry. With a strong emphasis on hardware architecture, security, and compiler development, Openchip is positioning itself as a key player in the European semiconductor ecosystem.

Openchip is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, and operates primarily from this location, making it a unique opportunity for international professionals to join a cutting-edge semiconductor company in Southern Europe. The work culture is engineering-driven, with a focus on innovation and open-source technologies. For international hires, the company offers the chance to work on complex technical challenges in a growing sector, while being based in a vibrant city with a high quality of life. The team is likely to be multicultural, given the global nature of the semiconductor talent pool.

Industry: Semiconductors
Employees: 50
Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain
In Spain: Barcelona
Website: openchip.com

Good to know if you are moving

Openchip is headquartered in Barcelona, a major European tech hub with a strong international community and excellent quality of life.
The company is focused on RISC-V architecture, which is an open standard, offering engineers the chance to work on open-source silicon technology.
As a startup, Openchip offers the opportunity to have a significant impact on the design and development of new products from early stages.
The company is likely to offer a competitive compensation package and the opportunity to work in a growing sector in Spain.
Barcelona has a well-connected international airport and a large expat community, making relocation easier for foreign professionals.

In their own words

About the company & team

You'll be building the technologies that make AI trustworthy-working alongside world-class engineers developing next-generation processors and secure computing platforms.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Shape the future of Confidential AI.
Work on cutting-edge hardware and software technologies.
Influence next-generation AI infrastructure from architecture to deployment.
Collaborate with experts across silicon, security, virtualization, and AI.
Contribute to open-source technologies with global impact.

If you're excited by solving difficult engineering challenges and want your work to define how secure AI is built and deployed in the future, we'd love to hear from you.

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