Security Engineer, Device/Hardware

Motive•Nashville, TN

10d•$160,000 - $205,000

About The Position

Motive is hiring a Security Engineer, Hardware Security, as a key member of its Product Security Team and the primary security partner for Engineering and Hardware teams. The role focuses on design reviews, threat modeling, and building scalable secure-by-default libraries, services, frameworks, and components that help hardware engineers ship products securely. It is a strategic and technical position focused on scaling security through programs, influence, design, automation, and enablement. The engineer will establish hardware and embedded security practices across Motive devices, spanning boot chains, firmware, FOTA, and manufacturing. The role also drives security across the full device lifecycle and connected IoT and cloud environments. The base compensation range is $160,000–$205,000 USD. Motive offers benefits subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in hardware security, including creating security-by-design patterns for new devices and platforms.
At least 5 years of experience working with product teams to create security designs and provide security requirements.
At least 5 years of hands-on development experience with programming languages such as Python and C/C++.
Strong understanding of hardware root of trust, secure boot, attestation, key protection, device identity, and secure provisioning concepts.
Hands-on experience designing, reviewing, and validating security controls for hardware and low-level system architectures.
Experience with cloud security, runtime security, supply chain security, and application security best practices.
Must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

Responsibilities

Build the hardware and embedded security baseline and processes across Motive devices, including boot chain, firmware, FOTA, and manufacturing.
Partner with hardware engineering to ensure security findings are prioritized, validated, and remediated.
Identify and assess hardware security risks across the product lifecycle, including design, 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 and cloud security infrastructure.