Security Engineer (Device/Hardware)

Motive; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Security Engineer, Hardware Security to partner with Engineering and Hardware teams, shaping security design reviews, threat modeling, and scalable secure-by-default components for Motive devices. You will influence security across product lifecycles, build foundational security baselines, and drive remediation across hardware platforms.

This role emphasizes architecture, automation, and enablement to scale security programs and secure embedded systems and cloud-connected

Qualifications

• Experience creating security designs and requirements for hardware.
• Experience in cloud, runtime, supply chain, and application security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware security architecture reviews and threat modeling.
• Perform security testing for product systems and embedded components.
• Define security requirements for hardware platforms and firmware interfaces.
• Drive end‑to‑end security across IoT and cloud security infrastructure.
• Build scalable secure-by-default components for hardware teams.

Skills

hardware security

threat modeling

design reviews

embedded systems

secure boot

attestation

key protection

device identity

secure provisioning

python

C/C++

Job description

• 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
• 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

5+ years of experience in working with product teams creating security designs and providing security requirementsExperience in cloud security, runtime security, supply chain security, and application security best practicesDemonstrated hands‑on experience designing, reviewing, and validating security controls for hardware and low‑level system architecturesStrong understanding of hardware root of trust, secure boot, attestation, key protection, device identity, and secure provisioning concepts5+ years years of experience in Hardware Security, including creating security by design patterns into new devices and platforms5+ years of hands on development experience in the programming languages like python and C/C++