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What You’ll Get To Do
- Design and improve the security architecture of autonomous robotic systems operating in real-world environments
- Conduct threat modeling and security reviews across robotic platforms, deployment mechanisms, and operational workflows
- Secure robot identity, authentication, communications, and over-the-air software update mechanisms
- Harden embedded Linux systems and robotic compute environments against remote and physical attack vectors
- Evaluate and improve the security of robotics middleware, system interfaces, and software components deployed on robots
- Partner closely with robotics, autonomy, and infrastructure teams to integrate practical security controls into development and deployment workflows
- Perform targeted security assessments, penetration testing, and adversarial analysis of deployed robotic systems
- Investigate vulnerabilities affecting robotic platforms and help drive remediation and long-term resilience improvements
- Help define security standards and best practices for autonomous systems operating in complex field environments
What You Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field
- 8+ years of experience in product security, systems security, embedded security, application security, or related security engineering roles
- Strong software engineering and systems engineering fundamentals
- Experience securing embedded systems, robotics platforms, autonomous systems, IoT devices, or edge computing environments
- Experience with Linux systems, networking, authentication, and secure systems design
- Familiarity with embedded Linux hardening, secure communications, device identity, or OTA update mechanisms
- Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, penetration testing, or adversarial security assessments
- Ability to identify practical security risks and implement effective mitigations in complex distributed systems
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across robotics, autonomy, and infrastructure teams
- Practical engineering judgment and the ability to balance security, operational constraints, reliability, and development velocity
The Extras That Set You Apart
- Experience with robotics middleware such as ROS or DDS
- Experience securing deployed robotic or autonomous systems operating in real-world environments
- Familiarity with hardware/software trust boundaries and device platform security
- Experience with vulnerability research, offensive security, or adversarial testing
- Background in robotics, drones, industrial automation, automotive, aerospace, or other cyber-physical systems
- Experience working on safety-critical, mission-critical, or highly distributed systems
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