Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Core
Developing novel cybersecurity capabilities, reverse engineering tools, and instrumentation for automotive hardware and software to protect vehicles from advanced threats.
Role type
Senior Principal Security Engineer (IC)
Builds
Production-ready cybersecurity capabilities, reverse engineering tools, and cyber research instrumentation for automotive platforms.
Domain
Automotive cybersecurity, embedded systems, low-level hardware security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research | infrastructure
Required skills
Vulnerability research, reverse engineering, C programming, assembly (ARM/MIPS/RISC-V/x86_64), host-based virtualization, emulation technologies, offensive cyber research, exploit development, embedded system debugging, Python scripting, cryptography, cryptographic libraries, protocol stacks
Preferred skills
Automotive hardware development, FPGA development, automotive communication systems (CAN/CAN-FD/Ethernet), automotive operating systems (SROS2, DDS), wireless protocols (Bluetooth/NFC/Wi-Fi), circuit schematics, hardware data sheets, logic design, threat modelling
Technologies
C, Python, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, Intel x86_64, VMware, QEMU, Xen, Simics, Vivado, Xilinx, NXP, CAN, CAN-FD, Ethernet, SROS2, DDS, Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi
Responsibilities
Research and develop production-ready cybersecurity capabilities; develop reverse engineering tools and cyber research instrumentation; communicate security research findings to production engineering teams; collaborate with open-source organizations; conduct experiments to test state-of-the-art technologies; translate research findings into patents and publications; maintain awareness of offensive and defensive cybersecurity activities; guide product teams through integration of new cybersecurity system designs; defend research viewpoints to senior leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence