Hardware Compliance Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Engineering teams and Technical Program Management on compliance assessments and audits initiated by OEM commercial vehicle partners, from the initial intake to final completion.

• Work alongside the Application Security team on threat modeling and firmware analysis.

• Convert compliance requirements into tangible, actionable engineering solutions.

• Oversee Samsara’s FirstNet Program and manage annual certification activities.

• Investigate and suggest solutions for compliance gaps, balancing trade-offs and articulating risks effectively.

• Engage in discussions with customers and auditors regarding Samsara's device security posture.

• Aim towards independently managing customer and auditor interactions.

• Identify and develop automation for audit requirements and evidence collection.

• Promote and integrate Samsara’s cultural principles as the company expands globally.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant compliance or engineering experience.

• Experience with carrier or cellular per-device certification for public-safety or first-responder wireless networks, or similar programs (such as FirstNet).

• Practical experience with ISO 21434 processes, encompassing Item Definition, TARA, Cybersecurity Goals and Concept, and Cybersecurity System Requirements.

• Familiarity with validation and verification of control requirements, including exposure to penetration testing and independent assessments.

• Working understanding of automotive cybersecurity fundamentals: key and certificate management, authenticated boot, flash, OTA, diagnostic access, authenticated messaging, encryption trade-offs, and HSMs.

• Capability to research and propose solutions with clear justifications for trade-offs.

• Proficient in communicating risks effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Knowledge of UNECE R155 and RED / EN 18031.

• Experience in an OEM or automotive innovation and autonomy group.

• Previous exposure to compliance work driven by OEM partnerships with commercial vehicle manufacturers.

• Must possess and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the designated work location.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff.

• Continuous equity refresh opportunities linked to performance.

• Performance-based bonus/variable pay.

• Flexible, employee-driven remote work model.

• Professional development stipend.

• Comprehensive health plans.

• Parental leave plans.

• Above-market total compensation opportunities.

• Support for remote work.

• Commitment to equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation support.