Remote AI Security Research Engineer

Samsara Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is hiring for a brand-new role at the intersection of security engineering and applied AI. This AI-forward technologist will red-team cloud environments and validate firmware vulnerabilities to secure applications for AI adversaries.

Remote position open to US residents with exceptions for certain metros. Join Samsara to shape AI security strategy and impact a broad range of products and hardware integrations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in application security, vulnerability management, threat modeling, or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience applying AI/LLM tools to security workflows (APIs, agents, automation).
• Experience in conducting technical security assessments across software and hardware/firmware environments.
• Experience creating secure-code solutions with engineers using GoLang.
• Experience developing AI/agentic solutions using GitHub and AWS cloud.

Responsibilities

• Deliver security assessments of Samsara's software, code, and firmware against AI-adversarial threats and fixes.
• Translate AI security findings into Samsara-specific fixes for security layer (software to hardware/firmware).
• Build and pressure-test AI-enabled security tooling and drive adoption across security org.
• Partner with engineering, hardware, and leadership as the go-to AI security expert.
• Help define and drive Samsara's AI security strategy for safe adoption.

Skills

AI/LLM tools

Threat modeling

Vulnerability management

Offensive security

GoLang

AWS cloud

Tools

GitHub

AWS

Job description

Samsara is hiring for a brand-new role at the intersection of security engineering and applied AI. This AI-forward technologist will red-team cloud environments and validate firmware vulnerabilities to secure applications for AI adversaries.

Remote position open to US residents with exceptions for certain metros. Join Samsara to shape AI security strategy and impact a broad range of products and hardware integrations.