Lead Security Engineer for AI & Robotics Infrastructure

LinuxCareers; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Physical Intelligence is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to safeguard the models, data, and compute powering its AI research and robotics platforms. This hands-on role emphasizes building reliable security tooling and partnering with researchers and engineers to embed security into development workflows.

You will protect cloud infrastructure, implement access controls, automate safeguards, and conduct offensive testing to reveal real-world risks.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams from discovery through rollout.
• Experience securing cloud infrastructure (Linux, IAM, networking, containers, CI/CD).
• Hands-on offensive security experience and risk assessment.
• Active engagement with security community.

Responsibilities

• Protect models, data, and compute infrastructure in production.
• Collaborate on security architecture and development workflows with researchers and engineers.
• Automate access management and infrastructure safeguards.
• Develop production-quality security tools and contribute to code repositories.
• Perform offensive security testing and validate fixes with owners.
• Set security priorities and engage external experts when needed.

Skills

Python

Go

Cloud security

Offensive security

Security tooling

Job description

Physical Intelligence is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to safeguard the models, data, and compute powering its AI research and robotics platforms. This hands-on role emphasizes building reliable security tooling and partnering with researchers and engineers to embed security into development workflows.

You will protect cloud infrastructure, implement access controls, automate safeguards, and conduct offensive testing to reveal real-world risks.