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Senior Offensive Security Engineer, Automotive

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $184,000–$184,000🗓 2026-08-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Discover and evaluate vulnerabilities in low-level automotive systems (OS kernels, hypervisors, firmware, hardware) and build automation to scale security testing.

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

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

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), Linux OS architecture, x86 and ARM architecture, agentic AI systems development

Preferred skills

Python, memory-safe languages (Rust, Ada/SPARK), formal methods, RISC-V knowledge, CTF participation, bug bounty contributions, published security research

Technologies

Linux, x86, ARM, RISC-V, C, C++, Python, Rust, Ada, SPARK, TLA+, Lean

Responsibilities

Develop and build automation to scale vulnerability discovery; own tool development from prototype to production; work closely with security researchers and engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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