Senior Security Engineer, Device/Hardware

Motive; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental care

Vision care

401k

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Security Engineer, Hardware Security to partner with Engineering and Hardware teams. You will focus on design reviews, threat modeling, and building scalable secure-by-default components that empower hardware engineers to ship securely.

You will drive hardware security architecture reviews, define security requirements for embedded systems and firmware, and lead security testing across IoT and cloud infrastructure, shaping product safety and resilience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Hardware Security experience.
• Experience creating security-by-design patterns for new devices and platforms.
• Hands-on development in Python and C/C++.
• Knowledge of hardware root of trust, secure boot, attestation, and device identity.
• Experience designing and validating security controls for hardware and low-level systems.
• Experience in cloud, runtime, supply chain and application security.

Responsibilities

• Build the hardware and embedded security baseline and process across Motive devices.
• Drive relationships with hardware engineering to prioritize findings and remediation.
• Identify and assess hardware security risks across the product lifecycle.
• Lead hardware security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing.
• Define and review security requirements for hardware platforms and embedded systems.
• Drive end-to-end security for device hardware across IoT and cloud security infrastructure.

Skills

Hardware Security

Python

C/C++

Threat Modeling

Security Architecture

Cloud Security

Job description

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 andcloud 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 certifications. 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 compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:Canada$146,000—$184,000 CAD

Benefits

• health
• pharmacy
• optical and dental care benefits
• paid time off
• sick time off
• short term disability coverage
• long term disability coverage
• life insurance
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

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