Senior Product Security Engineer

Aurora Innovation•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Aurora’s Product Security team’s mission is to discover, mitigate, and prevent security risks in the software, hardware, and services developed by Aurora. Our team is responsible for ensuring the secure design and implementation of secure technologies used by the Aurora Driver as well as continually improving the assurance levels of security across all of Aurora’s Products. This team is also responsible for developing, contributing and documenting security engineering processes and the resulting product security requirements used by the company. Additionally team members support and perform technical security assessments, threat modeling, security code reviews and vulnerability testing to highlight and document risks. This team works closely with engineers across Aurora as well as 3rd party partners to design and proactively integrate initiatives to enhance security across a wide variety of software or hardware domains and technology stacks. In this role you will: Provide consulting and advisory services to engineering teams heavily focused on automotive cybersecurity Work directly with engineering and non-engineering teams to drive improvements in internal processes, procedures and technical fundamentals through threat modeling and requirements development Develop, document, improve, implement and execute cybersecurity best practices and processes for autonomous vehicles across internal and external engineering partners Perform technical automotive cybersecurity assessments and reviews, research, uncover, and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers to drive architecture changes Assess the risks across the Aurora Driver Platform and prioritize high value components (software and/or hardware) for critical and high security vulnerabilities Conduct research to identify new and novel attack vectors against Aurora’s products and services Review, develop and document secure operational best practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and various internal and external partners

Requirements

Foundational knowledge of Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO21434/UNECE/NHTSA)
Foundational knowledge of operating system security for Linux
Foundational knowledge of the CWE Top 25
Develop, document and execute structured processes and procedures around automotive cybersecurity
Ability to write proficiently in C++, Golang and Python
Ability to assess software and/or hardware components with and without full knowledge
Ability to work well with other assessment members and engineering partners
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
Experience in one or more of the following: risk assessment, threat modeling, incident and emergency response, OS hardening, vulnerability management, pentesting, offensive security or cryptographic protocols and concepts
Experience in vulnerability discovery and analysis, design review, and code-level security reviews
Experience in, and technical knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security, authentication and security protocols, and applied cryptography.
Experience with assessment, development, implementation, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes

Nice To Haves

Relevant automotive cybersecurity work experience
Relevant experience with Automotive Cybersecurity Frameworks (ISO21434/UNECE/NHTSA)
Relevant work experience in offensive security, penetration testing or red teaming
Experience implementing various Defense in Depth Strategies to address dynamic threats across various software and hardware stacks.
Ability and desire to write production-quality code in C++, Golang, or Python
Experience evaluating the security of software, hardware and services
Foundational knowledge of embedded firmware security and hardware security, preferably in the robotics or automotive space
Familiarity with cloud security (AWS) and infrastructure-as-code
Familiarity with Trusted Platform Modules, HSMs, and trusted boot
A history of giving back to the security industry via open source contributions, published papers, or conference presentations

Responsibilities

Provide consulting and advisory services to engineering teams heavily focused on automotive cybersecurity
Work directly with engineering and non-engineering teams to drive improvements in internal processes, procedures and technical fundamentals through threat modeling and requirements development
Develop, document, improve, implement and execute cybersecurity best practices and processes for autonomous vehicles across internal and external engineering partners
Perform technical automotive cybersecurity assessments and reviews, research, uncover, and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers to drive architecture changes
Assess the risks across the Aurora Driver Platform and prioritize high value components (software and/or hardware) for critical and high security vulnerabilities
Conduct research to identify new and novel attack vectors against Aurora’s products and services
Review, develop and document secure operational best practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and various internal and external partners