Senior Staff Product Security Engineer

Wisk • Mountain View, CA

129d • $254,629 - $299,564

About The Position

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on! We are looking for a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer to join our team. The goal of a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer at Wisk is to ensure that our urban air mobility autonomous systems are protected from cyber attack. You will be part of the Reliability, Maintenance, and Safety (RAMS) team that provides systems safety and reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, and aircraft cybersecurity engineering services to the Wisk program. This is a hybrid work opportunity. At Wisk, this means working onsite at our Wisk HQ in Mountain View, California office 3 days per week with flexibility for the remainder of the days. In this role you will ensure that cybersecurity, and product security in general is incorporated into all of Wisk’s product lines. You should have a passion for product security and aviation in general and cybersecurity specifically. You should be self-starting and eager to tackle complex technical challenges. You should have a strong systems thinking mindset to navigate through and reduce technical uncertainty, and define and deliver incremental technical value consistent with technical maturity needs. You will lead development of a strong product security culture at Wisk. You should be a good communicator of technical information to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. You demonstrate humility, curiosity, and contribute to a positive environment for teammates to thrive.

Requirements

• B.S. in a relevant engineering discipline with 10 years of experience with integrating complex safety/mission critical systems, or a M.S. with at least 7 years of experience.
• Knowledge of complex aircraft/aerospace systems and a practical grasp of the systems engineering discipline and associated processes (e.g., ARP 4754).
• Applied understanding of assessing and communicating product security risks.
• Familiarity with RTCA aviation security standards such as DO-326A, DO-355A, and DO-356A.
• Familiarity with the NIST cybersecurity framework.
• Experience leading system and component level cybersecurity test and evaluations including threat and security assessments, and table top exercises.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior Product Security Engineer for a novel type of aircraft development targeting the autonomous UAM market.
• Perform analyses to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities, threats, and controls/mitigations.
• Characterize and communicate risks across all layers of the integrated system and across the full lifecycle of the product.
• Drive development and enhancement of security requirements and security architectures to meet certification, business, and customer requirements.
• Support planning and execution of cybersecurity related component and system integration verification activities.
• Interface with systems engineering, design IPTs, and senior leadership across the enterprise.
• Participate in constructive interrogation and evolution of the product security engineering discipline to define new company and industry standards for autonomous aviation cybersecurity.
• Use existing industry cybersecurity frameworks, and develop new frameworks, in support of producing engineering artifacts to meet certification requirements.
• Work closely with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), RAMS safety and maintenance engineering, engineering and manufacturing quality assurance, supplier management, safety management and flight operations teams.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Annual bonus.
• Long term incentive.
• 401K with 50% company matching vested immediately.
• Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year.
• Flexible vacation time off.
• 11 company holidays.
• Commuter assistance.
• Education assistance.
• Free catered lunches.
• Flight lessons.
• Wellness allowances.
• Snacks and drinks.
• Employee referral bonus.
• Charitable giving match.
• Patent bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees