Sr. Product Security Engineer

Rivian VW Group; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total compensation package including base salary and performance bonuses

Flex Time Off

Retirement savings plans

Medical, vision and dental coverage

Job summary

Rivian VW Group is seeking a Product Security Engineer based in Palo Alto, California. In this role, you'll create and validate security requirements for our vehicles, leading efforts in security testing and documentation. We're looking for someone with a B.S. in a relevant field and substantial experience in automotive and embedded systems. You will work collaboratively with software development teams to ensure compliance with security standards, contributing to our mission of delivering safe, innovative electric vehicles.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years testing and validation of security requirements in embedded devices.
• 3+ years of experience in Automotive Industry or Embedded device development.
• Knowledge of ISO:21434 and UN R155 for security validation.

Responsibilities

• Derive top-level security requirements for system components.
• Validate security requirements through testing.
• Document and report validation testing results.

Skills

Security requirements validation

Embedded device development

Automotive industry experience

Documenting validation testing

Collaboration and communication

Education

B.S. in Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

Go

Java

C

C++

Rust

Job description

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

As the Product Security Engineer, you will work closely with the product security organization, the vehicle software development teams, and cloud engineering teams to create and validate security requirements throughout the vehicles’ development lifecycles. You will play a critical role in ensuring security and resilience of RVT’s products, providing technical leadership in securing vehicles and related infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Derivation of top-level requirements to security-related system and subsystem requirements: In collaboration with the security architecture team, you’ll decompose high-level requirements into concrete per-system security requirements. Together with the security and other domain development teams, you’ll generate concrete requirement specifications for security technologies that protect our product-related assets.

• Carrying out validation of security requirements: You will develop security tests, both positive tests and abuse tests to ensure that security requirements have been met at vehicle, system, sub-system and ECU level.

• Develop both manual and automated test cases: You will develop both functional and non-functional security tests to ensure that security requirements are met. Test cases could be developed in multiple languages, including but not limited to Python, Go, Java, C, C++, and Rust for multiple architectures. You are able to build test cases that can be run on software-in-the-loop (SIL) setups or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) benches. You’re able to work with internally-developed sources but you can also deal with the validating of supplier parts to meet our requirements without access to source code.

• Documenting validation testing: You will develop testing reports, triage them and compile results, and share them with the product security team as well as our core JV partners for evidence to enable their documenting compliance to UN R155. You will work with the GRC team on aligning to document formats and following our CSMS processes for generating and sharing this documentation across the organization.

• Collaborating with software development teams: You will be sharing results with development teams and reviewing issues and suggesting mitigations to failed tests. This includes validating the subsequent fixes and the collaboration with other teams within the product security organization, especially the security engineering team that operate the security HILs.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years carrying out testing and validation of security requirements validation in embedded device development

• 3+ years of experience in Automotive Industry or Embedded device development

• 2+ years of experience carrying out security requirements validation on ECUs (electronic control units)

• Knowledge of ISO:21434 and UN R155 and their application with regards to security validation to achieve type approval and homologation.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment.

• Good team player with excellent communication skills.

• Hands-on approach, proactively identifying and filling in gaps where needed

Total Rewards

Total compensation packages for full‑time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition, our benefits package has been designed to support the health and wellness of our employees. Benefit offerings include Flex Time Off, retirement savings plans as well as medical, vision and dental coverage. For more information on RV Tech’s comprehensive benefits package for full‑time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [e-mail].

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