Embedded Security Engineer for Autonomous Vehicle Systems

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Mountain View, CA seeks an Embedded Security Engineer to design and validate secure, production-grade firmware for autonomous vehicles. You will collaborate across software, hardware, and security teams to ensure secure bring-up, manufacturing, and deployment.

The role emphasizes secure boot, firmware encryption, and automotive security concepts such as SecOC, UDS, and TPM 2.0, with hands-on testing in RTOS environments and ongoing adherence to ISO 21434 and

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals to support low-level debugging.
Expert level knowledge of C or C++ programming; other languages and skills also valuable.
Prior project work in Secure Boot, Firmware Encryption and Update mechanism.
Knowledge in automotive security topics such as SecOC, UDS, and TPM 2.0 for ECU security.
Familiarity with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters,oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc).
Bachelor's degree in EE or CS or CE or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Design, prototype, build, and test production embedded vehicle firmware with a focus on security.
Evaluate, implement, test, and optimize secure applications in a real-time operating system environment.
Work with software, hardware and security engineers throughout the lifecycle of the product - from device bring-up to manufacturing and deployment, ensuring security from design to deployment.
Work with test engineers and platform engineers in developing testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels, including security testing.
Develop a deep understanding of functional safety and security concepts relevant to autonomous vehicles, including standards like ISO 21434 and ISO 26262.