Senior Staff Security Product Architect (Automotive Cybersecurity)

Location: US-based hybrid role with office attendance at least 3 days per week. Available locations include Mountain View, Pittsburgh, Seattle, San Francisco, Bozeman, Coppell, Livonia, and Louisville; Mountain View is preferred. Full remote is not available.

Salary: $212,000–$307,000 per year for Mountain View and Seattle; $191,000–$277,000 per year for Pittsburgh. Annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits are also available.

Company

hirify.global develops self-driving technology for safer, more efficient, and more accessible mobility and logistics.

What you will do

• Define end-to-end security architectures and trust boundaries across autonomous vehicle hardware, onboard systems, safety-critical ECUs, cloud services, infrastructure, and applications.
• Design secure boot flows, cryptographic key management, HSM/TPM integrations, and secure protocols for data at rest, in transit, and between vehicles and cloud systems.
• Lead threat modeling, including TARA and STRIDE, vulnerability analysis, and security design reviews for autonomous vehicle, sensor, network, compute, and cloud systems.
• Translate security goals and requirements into implementable engineering designs while assessing product risk and protecting product integrity.
• Drive security requirements with hardware and software suppliers, Tier 1 partners, product teams, and engineering organizations.
• Develop security roadmaps, assurance processes, governance, and risk mitigation strategies across the hardware and software product lifecycle.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in security architecture, system security engineering, or product security for automotive, autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, or complex hardware/software systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related STEM field.
• Deep expertise in embedded security, hardware security anchors such as Secure Boot, ARM TrustZone, HSMs, and TPMs, applied cryptography, and secure protocol design.
• Experience with architectural security assessments, system-level threat modeling, and secure design reviews for hardware and software platforms.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence cross-functional engineering teams and drive architectural decisions.
• US work authorization is required; visa sponsorship may be required to employ the candidate.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of ISO/SAE 21434, ASPICE, ISO 27001, or UNECE R155/R156.
• Experience engaging OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, commercial partners, or other external stakeholders.
• Experience securing autonomous vehicle stacks, safety-critical ECUs, telemetry systems, cloud infrastructure, and cloud applications.
• Experience building security architecture frameworks in safety-critical or regulated industries.
• CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, or equivalent certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular in-person collaboration and office attendance at least 3 days per week.
• Annual bonus, equity compensation, and employee benefits.
• Culture focused on integrity, ambitious goals, collaboration, safety, and long-term impact.
• Commitment to workplace inclusion and reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals.