Senior Platform Security Engineer — UAS & Cloud Security

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries Inc. in Huntington Beach seeks a Senior Platform Security Engineer to secure hardware and software across our UAS portfolio, including embedded devices, flight software, APIs, and cloud-enabled services.

You will drive security across the system lifecycle—from hardware and firmware to applications and distributed services—with a focus on secure architectures, risk reduction, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Product Security, Application Security, or Security Engineering.
• Programming in Python, C/C++, Rust, or Go.
• Experience securing APIs, microservices, and distributed platforms.
• Experience with embedded systems, firmware, and Linux.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevSecOps.
• Ability to own large initiatives independently; US Secret clearance eligible.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product security across UAS platforms, including embedded systems, flight software, APIs, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.
• Design and implement secure architectures covering device identity, authentication, authorization, and data protection.
• Perform security assessments across software, firmware, and hardware, including application testing, code review, and adversarial analysis.
• Build and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, scanning, and policy enforcement.
• Partner with software, hardware, and firmware teams to embed security into the development lifecycle.
• Secure communications, telemetry, and OTA update mechanisms across distributed systems.
• Develop security tooling to scale protection across multiple hardware platforms.
• Lead and mentor engineers and drive cross-functional security initiatives.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Rust

Go

APIs & microservices

CI/CD / DevSecOps

Security assessments

NIST

Clearance eligible

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Mach Industries Inc. in Huntington Beach seeks a Senior Platform Security Engineer to secure hardware and software across our UAS portfolio, including embedded devices, flight software, APIs, and cloud-enabled services.

You will drive security across the system lifecycle—from hardware and firmware to applications and distributed services—with a focus on secure architectures, risk reduction, and cross-team collaboration.