Security Engineer, Device/Hardware

Motive; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 160.000 - 205.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health, dental, optical

401k contribution

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Motive is seeking a Security Engineer, Hardware Security to join the Product Security Team. You will partner with Hardware and Engineering to design secure-by-default components and perform threat modeling across devices.

This role emphasizes boot chains, firmware, FOTA, and secure provisioning, with emphasis on scalable security programs and automation.

You will influence architecture, lead security reviews, and help extend cloud and IoT security across Motive’s product stack.

Formación

• 5+ years of hardware security experience
• Hands-on development in Python or C/C++
• Experience designing security controls for hardware/embedded systems

Responsabilidades

• Build hardware security baseline across Motive devices (boot chain, firmware, FOTA)
• Lead security architecture reviews and threat modeling for product systems
• Drive end-to-end security across IoT and cloud security infrastructure
• Define security requirements for hardware platforms and embedded interfaces
• Collaborate with hardware engineering to prioritize findings and remediations
• Influence security programs through design, automation, and enablement

Conocimientos

Hardware security

Python

C/C++

Threat modeling

Security by design

Descripción del empleo

Who We Are

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Who We Are

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About The Role

As a Security Engineer, Hardware Security you will be a key member of the Product Security Team. You will be the primary Security partner for Engineering and Hardware teams, focusing on design reviews, threat modeling, and building scalable "secure‑by‑default" components (libraries, services, frameworks, components) that empower hardware engineers to ship the product securely. You will work across teams, influencing security and driving the hardware security initiative.

This is a highly strategic and technical role for architects who want to scale security through programs, influence, and engineering excellence, focusing on design, automation, and enablement.

What You’ll Do

• Build the hardware and embedded security baseline and process across Motive devices, including boot chain, firmware, FOTA, and manufacturing
• Drive relationships with hardware engineering team to ensure findings are prioritized, validated and remediated
• Identify and assess hardware security risks across the product lifecycle including designing, manufacturing, deployment, updating, and decommissioning
• Lead hardware security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing for product systems
• Define and review security requirements for hardware platforms, embedded systems, firmware interfaces, boot processes, debug capabilities, and device lifecycle controls in cloud-connected environments.
• Drive end to end security for device hardware across IoT and cloud security infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years years of experience in Hardware Security, including creating security by design patterns into new devices and platforms
• 5+ years of experience in working with product teams creating security designs and providing security requirements
• 5+ years of hands on development experience in the programming languages like python and C/C++
• Strong understanding of hardware root of trust, secure boot, attestation, key protection, device identity, and secure provisioning concepts.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience designing, reviewing, and validating security controls for hardware and low‑level system architectures.
• Experience in cloud security, runtime security, supply chain security, and application security best practices

Pay Transparency

Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certificates. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting

Motive Perks & Benefits

The Base Compensation Range For This Role Is

$160,000—$205,000 USD

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