CareerPlan

Senior Offensive Security Engineer, Automotive

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k–$288k2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior offensive security engineer discovering and evaluating vulnerabilities in low-level automotive systems (OS kernels, hypervisors, firmware, hardware) and building automation tooling to scale security capabilities.

Role type

Senior IC offensive security engineer (automotive/embedded)

Builds

Security pipelines, fuzzing infrastructure, AI-assisted vulnerability discovery tools, automated code inspection and conversion tools

Domain

Automotive industry + Low-level systems security (OS, firmware, hardware)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

C/C++ programming, low-level systems security (OS internals, kernels, hypervisors, firmware, hardware), embedded software engineering, automated security tooling (fuzzers, sanitizers, static/dynamic analysis), x86 and ARM architecture knowledge, agentic AI systems development

Preferred skills

Memory-safe languages (Rust, Ada/SPARK), formal methods, CTF participation, bug bounty contributions, RISC-V knowledge

Technologies

Linux, x86, ARM, Python, Rust, Ada/SPARK

Responsibilities

Discover and evaluate vulnerabilities on source code and binaries; develop and build automation to scale security work; own tool development from prototype to production; work closely with security researchers and engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC