Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and

subsidized back-up child care

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford is seeking a cybersecurity engineering professional to help secure embedded and connected vehicle systems. The role focuses on assessments, compliance reviews, and applying ISO 21434 and R155 standards.

You will translate requirements into design, review supplier deliverables, and support threat modeling and risk assessment. Hybrid work in Dearborn, MI with a strong focus on security-by-design across Ford product lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related domains, or a combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience with embedded, IoT, and/or product systems cybersecurity
• Functional knowledge of cryptographic controls and how to apply them
• Experience with cybersecurity system engineering, development, and testing
• Experience creating and maintaining engineering documentation, including requirements, specifications, and test plans
• Self-starter who can work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments on content supporting Ford product lines
• Provide compliance reviews for features, functions, platforms, and modules under the Ford Cybersecurity engineering process
• Apply relevant global cybersecurity requirements, standards, and regulations, including ISO 21434 / R155
• Translate cybersecurity requirements into product design and development activities, from ideation through testing, with required deliverables
• Review and approve or reject supplier deliverables for alignment with established cybersecurity requirements
• Partner with content owners to drive progression through the development process with security-by-design from inception
• Support robust engineering practices for features, components, and systems, including threat analysis and risk assessment
• Enable adoption of security requirements, security audits, and vehicle ecosystem assessments
• Develop and apply global supplier expertise to meet Ford cyber expectations
• Produce and present risk reviews to management for concerns not mitigated through controls
• Support reuse practices included in the CSMS to reduce repeated effort across vehicle programs

Skills

Embedded cybersecurity

Cybersecurity engineering

Cryptographic controls

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

STRIDE

CISSP

Security+

Job description

Join Ford to help shape vehicle product development security across embedded and connected systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments on content supporting Ford product lines
• Provide compliance reviews for features, functions, platforms, and modules under the Ford Cybersecurity engineering process
• Apply relevant global cybersecurity requirements, standards, and regulations, including ISO 21434 / R155
• Translate cybersecurity requirements into product design and development activities, from ideation through testing, with required deliverables
• Review and approve or reject supplier deliverables for alignment with established cybersecurity requirements
• Partner with content owners to drive progression through the development process with security-by-design from inception
• Support robust engineering practices for features, components, and systems, including threat analysis and risk assessment
• Enable adoption of security requirements, security audits, and vehicle ecosystem assessments
• Develop and apply global supplier expertise to meet Ford cyber expectations
• Produce and present risk reviews to management for concerns not mitigated through controls (security governance board, chief engineers, executive leadership, and related roles)
• Support reuse practices included in the CSMS to reduce repeated effort across vehicle programs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related domains, or a combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experience with embedded, IoT, and/or product systems cybersecurity
• Functional knowledge of cryptographic controls and how to apply them
• Experience with cybersecurity system engineering, development, and testing
• Experience creating and maintaining engineering documentation, including requirements, specifications, and test plans
• Self-starter who can work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and analytical skills

Technologies

• ISO 21434, R155
• MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE
• CISSP, Security+

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, plus management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Paid time off and paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off plus the option to purchase additional vacation time

Even Better If You Have

• Certification in CISSP or Security+
• Relevant experience with vulnerability assessment management
• Experience performing threat modeling using industry standards such as MITRE ATT&CK or STRIDE

Location: Dearborn, MI (hybrid)

Compensation: USD 85,400 - 166,600 per year