Principal Engineer - Security AI Solutions

Toyota North America • Plano, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Toyota is looking for team members who are passionate about technology and interested in joining a collaborative and highly motivated team as a Principal Engineer – Security AI Solutions. The primary responsibility of this role is to implement, operate, and scale AI-driven penetration testing and adversarial emulation capabilities across the enterprise, cloud, and AI-enabled systems. Develop and run AI-assisted red team tooling to simulate real-world attacker behavior at speed and scale, improving coverage, repeatability, and effectiveness across various environments. Reporting to the General Manager, the person in this role will join the Core Cybersecurity team to deploy and maintain advanced, enterprise-wide security solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related field with a demonstrated focus on building security tooling, automation platforms, or AI/ML-integrated applications.
• Strong software development skills, with proficiency in Python, PowerShell, and other relevant languages.
• Familiarity with Red Team and the MITRE ATT&CK framework methodologies.
• Knowledge of common security controls, best practices, and attacker techniques.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs models into applications via APIs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar), including prompt engineering, tool use, and agentic workflow design.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with AI agentic development practices.
• Experience vulnerability management, and remediation processes.
• Experience in red teaming or purple team exercises at enterprise scale
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, or OSCP, are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI-assisted applications that automate offensive security workflows including reconnaissance, vulnerability identification, exploit chaining, payload generation, and post-exploitation simulation.
• Integrate large language models (LLMs) and machine learning capabilities into red team pipelines to improve speed, coverage, and adaptability.
• Build tooling that emulates real-world attacker behavior mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, enabling consistent and repeatable testing at scale.
• Develop orchestration layers that coordinate multi-stage attack simulations across on-prem, cloud, and containerized infrastructure.
• Build data pipelines that ingest security telemetry, scan results, and threat intelligence feeds to inform and prioritize automated testing campaigns.

Benefits

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota, regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
• Relocation Assistance (if applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal