Principal Technical Specialist – Vehicle & Connected Cyber Security

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

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary technical authority for vehicle, embedded, and connected cybersecurity across all vehicle programs and platforms.

• Develop and enhance cybersecurity architectures and technical standards for ECUs, in-vehicle networks, OTA, cloud backends, mobile applications, and V2X ecosystems.

• Offer expert advice on secure-by-design principles and emerging threats impacting automotive and connected systems.

• Collaborate with vehicle, software, and systems engineering teams to embed cybersecurity requirements throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Lead or assist in threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews for vehicle platforms and connected services.

• Influence design choices to strike a balance between security, safety, performance, cost, and customer experience.

• Ensure compliance with automotive cybersecurity standards and regulations (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434, UNECE R155/R156, NIST).

• Provide technical insights for cybersecurity policies, processes, and audit preparedness.

• Advise leadership on cybersecurity risk posture, residual risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Act as a senior technical advisor during cybersecurity incidents affecting vehicles or connected services.

• Guide root cause analysis, remediation strategies, and long-term corrective measures.

• Oversee vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing findings, and coordinated response activities.

• Represent the company in industry working groups, standards organizations, and technical forums.

• Collaborate with suppliers and technology partners to evaluate cybersecurity capabilities and risks.

• Monitor emerging threats, technologies, and regulatory trends influencing automotive cybersecurity.

• Mentor and nurture cybersecurity engineers and specialists throughout the organization.

• Enhance overall cybersecurity maturity through knowledge sharing, best practices, and technical evaluations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

• Over 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a significant focus on embedded, automotive, or IoT systems.

• Profound technical knowledge in areas such as embedded security, secure boot, cryptography, PKI, in-vehicle networks (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), OTA updates, and cloud-connected systems.

• Strong comprehension of automotive cybersecurity standards and regulatory frameworks.

• Proven capability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams without direct authority.

• Experience with or within an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.

• Familiarity with functional safety (ISO 26262) and its relationship with cybersecurity.

• Practical experience with threat modeling methodologies and security architecture design.

• Professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, GIAC) are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more.

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, along with management leases.

• Tuition assistance.

• Established and active employee resource groups.

• Paid time off for individual and team community service.

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.