Security Engineer

Bright Machines, Inc.; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Machines, Inc. is seeking an IT security leader to run day-to-day information security across corporate, product, and manufacturing environments. The Global IT Director sets policy while you execute controls and maintain the ISO 27001:2022 certification.

You will collaborate with Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, and Delivery teams, manage audits, and drive risk management. Excellent English communication is essential for cross‑functional work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, IT security, or related role.
• Experience maintaining ISO 27001 ISMS with evidence collection and audits.
• Hands-on experience with OWASP Top 10 and secure SDLC practices; use of SAST/DAST/SCA tooling.

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day information security operations across IT, platform, and product environments.
• Maintain ISO 27001:2022 certification; manage evidence, audits, and corrective actions.
• Handle customer security questionnaires (SIG/CAIQ) and support audits with Legal and Sales.
• Integrate security into the SDLC with threat modeling, secure code guidance, and tool operation.
• Run vulnerability management across applications and infrastructure; drive remediation with engineers to SLA.
• Coordinate third-party penetration tests and security assessments; track findings to closure.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineer on network and compute security posture; align with security controls.
• Support incident response planning, investigations, and tabletop exercises.
• Assist in identity and access governance (MFA/SSO, access reviews).
• Conduct security risk assessments for vendors and integrations.
• Maintain security policies and awareness programs; report posture to Global IT Director.
• Prepare for future compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2 Type II).

Skills

Security engineering

ISO 27001 ISMS

OWASP Top 10

Python scripting

Terraform/Ansible

SAST/DAST/SCA tooling

GRC platforms

Cloud security

Customer security conversations

EDR/managed SOC

English communication

Security incident response

Tools

Snyk

Semgrep

Checkmarx

Burp Suite

Job description

RETHINK MANUFACTURING

The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to manufacture the AI and data center infrastructure at the edge. We believe unifying software, intelligent automation, and data is the answer to delivering quality and flexibility at scale. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while continuously investing in our Bright Factory model to take advantage of what comes next.

Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to a brighter way of manufacturing AI infrastructure, we’d love to speak with you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of the IT organization, you will execute and enforce Bright Machines' day-to-day information security program—spanning platform security, application security, and information security compliance—across our corporate, product, and manufacturing environments. The Global IT Director, to whom this role reports, sets security policy and strategy; you'll partner with the Director on that strategy while owning hands‑on execution, and you'll work closely with our Infrastructure Engineer, who owns network security execution, and with Platform Engineering, our closest partner on application security. You will own day-to-day maintenance of our existing ISO 27001:2022 certification and execution of the customer security requirements our commercial relationships depend on. Because you'll work daily with IT, Platform Engineering, Software Development, and Delivery, strong written and verbal English communication is essential.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Execute day-to-day information security operations across corporate IT, platform, and product environments, in partnership with the Global IT Director, who sets security policy and strategy.

• Maintain our existing ISO 27001:2022 certification: manage evidence collection, internal audits, and corrective actions, and support annual surveillance and recertification audits.

• Execute customer security due diligence, completing security questionnaires (SIG, CAIQ), supporting customer audits, and tracking contractual security requirements, partnering with Legal and Sales as needed.

• Partner with Platform Engineering to build application security into the SDLC: threat modeling support, secure code review guidance, and operation of SAST/DAST/SCA tooling.

• Run vulnerability management across applications and platform infrastructure: scanning, triage, and driving remediation with engineering teams to SLA.

• Coordinate third-party penetration tests and security assessments; track findings to closure.

• Partner with the Infrastructure Engineer on the security posture of network and compute infrastructure, including our EDR/managed SOC and network IDS/IPS controls, keeping application and platform controls aligned with network security architecture.

• Support security incident response: help maintain the IR plan, participate in investigations, and run periodic tabletop exercises.

• Support identity and access governance for corporate and platform systems (access reviews, certifications, MFA/SSO enforcement) with IT Engineering.

• Conduct security risk assessments for new vendors, tools, and third‑party integrations.

• Maintain information security policies, standards, and employee security awareness training (including phishing simulations), in line with direction from the Global IT Director.

• Track and report on security posture, risk, and compliance status to the Global IT Director.

• Help evaluate and prepare for future compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2 Type II) as prioritized by leadership.

WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, IT security, application security, or a closely related role.

• Experience maintaining an existing ISO 27001 ISMS: evidence collection, internal audits, and support for surveillance/recertification audits. (Building an ISMS from scratch isn't required; we already hold certification.)

• Working knowledge of application security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, secure SDLC practices) with hands‑on experience using SAST/DAST/SCA tooling (e.g., Snyk, Semgrep, Checkmarx, Burp Suite).

• Proficiency in a scripting language (e.g., Python) for security automation, with a strong inclination toward infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) for codifying and enforcing security controls.

• Familiarity with GRC platforms for compliance evidence and monitoring.

• Basic cloud security literacy (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP): IAM, network security groups, encryption, logging and monitoring.

• Comfortable completing customer security questionnaires and supporting customer‑facing security conversations under direction.

• Familiarity with EDR/managed SOC platforms and comfort participating in security operations and detection/response workflows.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with IT, Platform Engineering, Software Development, and Delivery stakeholders.

• Comfortable as an execution‑focused security practitioner in a lean IT organization, partnering closely with the Global IT Director, Infrastructure Engineer, Platform Engineering, and staff IT Engineers rather than working in isolation.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD

• Security certifications such as Security+, GSEC, or CCSP.

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, IoT, or OT/ICS security environments.

• Exposure to penetration testing engagements, hands‑on or coordinating with external testers.

• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles.

• English language proficiency.

$170,000 - $200,000 a year

BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY

Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data centre servers) for hyperscalers, neoclouds, and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to reduce their time to revenue. With its Bright Factory model, Bright Machines builds higher quality data centre infrastructure at scale, addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI, and answers the call to the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing.
Bright Machines is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and has an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.